Shepherd Wheel Workshop
A working water-powered knife-grinding workshop in the woods, free to visit.
Shepherd Wheel is the last surviving water-powered grinding workshop of its kind in Sheffield, with a large wooden waterwheel driving the grindstones exactly as it did in the eighteenth century.
Volunteers run the wheel on opening days and explain the work of the grinders — it is free, tiny and sits right on the Porter Valley path.
Highlights
- Working waterwheel
- Free entry
- On the Porter Valley walk
Nearby in Sheffield
Parks & gardens
Whiteley Woods
Ancient woodland and mill ponds along the Porter Brook, between Bingham Park and Forge Dam.
Sport & outdoors
Endcliffe Park
The gateway to the Porter Valley walk — a riverside park leading all the way to the moors.
Parks & gardens
Bingham Park
A hillside park of tennis courts and woodland paths in the middle of the Porter Valley walk.