On 11 March 2024 it is the 160th Anniversary of the Great Sheffield Flood of 1864. There are events all over the city to mark the occasion:
- Tours of the Flood graves at Wadsley, Loxley, Wardsend, Burngreave and the General Cemetery
- Exhibitions - at High Bradfield, the Central Library and the General Cemetery
- Talks and drama
- Guided walk of the Flood trail around Dale Dyke Dam
- Memorials at Millsands and the General Cemetery
- Saturday March 9 at 2pm. Wadsley Church, Worrall Road, Wadsley, Sheffield S6 4BB. Free; meet at the church.
- Sunday March 10 at 11-12pm. Loxley Cemetery, Loxley Road, Sheffield, S6 6RL. Free but booking advisable. E-mail loxley.secretary@yahoo.com to book, meet outside the chapel.
- Sunday March 10 at 2-3.30pm. Wardsend Cemetery. Check https://wardsendcemetery.wordpress.com/whatson/ to book and for further details.
- Saturday 16 March and Sunday 17 March at 11am and 12pm. Sheffield General Cemetery. Cost £5 plus booking fee (https://gencem.org/event/the-great-sheffield-flood-tour-of-sheffield-general-cemetery/)
- Sunday 17 March at 12.30pm. Burngreave Cemetery, Melrose Road, Sheffield S3 9DN. Meet at the chapels.
- Saturday 9 March, St Nicholas Church at High Bradfield, Sheffield S6 6LG, will host an exhibition of photographs of the path of the Flood by Martyn Pearson opening on 9 March. More of Martyn’s work will be on view in the Central Library on Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 1XZ. Free.
- Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th March: Sheffield General Cemetery’s Samuel Worth Chapel will be open from 11-4pm on both days with displays of Flood memorabilia by Karen Lightowler and photographs by Malcolm Nunn, as well as tours of the Flood graves, memorabilia displays and advice on researching Flood victims.
- Monday March 4 at 7.30pm. Bradfield Archives will host an illustrated talk on “The Great Sheffield Flood” by Malcolm Nunn at Low Bradfield Village Hall, The Sands, Low Bradfield, Sheffield, S6 6LB. Cost £3.
- Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th March: The Deluge will be performed at 2pm on both days in the Samuel Worth Chapel, General Cemetery.
- Monday 11 March -Malcolm Nunn will lead the Great Sheffield Flood Anniversary Walk. It will start at 10.30am from Low Bradfield car park to Dale Dyke, returning around 1pm. Free of charge, just turn up. No restriction on numbers.
- Monday 11 March, 12 noon. There will be a laying of flowers at the Millsands Flood memorial (Outside Vulcan House, 6 Millsands, Sheffield S3 8NU)
- Saturday 16 March: the Lord Mayor will be laying a wreath at the General Cemetery in memory of the un-named Flood victims in the Cemetery at 10.45am.