Forge Bakehouse

Creative Tourist Last Updated 24 May 2023

Forge Bakehouse is a bright and airy ground floor bakery offering homemade breads, pastries and baked goods, as well as a cosy licensed cafe and terrace upstairs, offering all-day brunch, coffee and cocktails.

The bakers, chefs and baristas make everything from scratch – meaning they know exactly what’s in it. No improvers, no additives.

They also do their best to minimise waste. Yesterday’s bread is perfect for toasting and is half-price, and anything they can’t sell goes to some very happy pigs across the city, including at both Heeley City Farm and Whirlowhall – they never throw any of it away.

302 Abbeydale Rd S7 1FLNether EdgeS7 1FL View map

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A painting of a young child being bathed in a sink of a 197s style kitchen. Around the sink are a rubber duck, a bottle of washing up liquid, a jug, a kettle and a mug.

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Laura Ellen Bacon: Into Being at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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Tony Wade: Keepers of Time at YSP

The majesty of trees is celebrated in ‘Tony Wade: Keepers of Time’ a new show of beautiful digital drawings at the YSP Centre.

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Until 14 Sep

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Felicity Aylieff: Expressions of Blue at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

See ‘Felicity Aylieff: Expressions of Blue’, an exhibition of monumental ceramic vessels in blue and white.

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Bharti Kher: Alchemies at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures at the Hepworth Wakefield

The Hepworth Wakefield presents a retrospective from iconic artist Helen Chadwick, charting her artistic development and key works.

from £0.00

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Until 21 Apr

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Louise Giovanelli: A Song of Ascents at The Hepworth Wakefield

Manchester-based artist Louise Giovanelli presents a new body of work that investigates contemporary worship through luminous paintings.

from £0.00

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