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And Discover To You can begin the tour outside the Street is a golden post box, painted in the path down into Sheaf Square at the 16 Follow the main Students’ Union: honour of Olympic Gold Medal winner front of the station. Sheaf Square is the road left and and University of Sheffield Alumni, station gateway to Sheffield and it has you’ll spot Steel 1 From the Students’ Jessica Ennis. recently undergone a multi-million pound City House Union follow the renovation, refurbishing the railway across the road concourse around 7 Keep straight station itself. on your right. the Hicks Building ahead through This iconic and take the ramp, Barker’s Pool 11 To continue on building, originally constructed in 1927, or steps, down before bearing the city tour from housed one of the world’s most advanced onto Hounsfield slightly right at the Tudor Square telephone exchanges of the time. It has Road. Keep left at the fork in the road end of the road keep left on since had many changes of use ranging and follow Leavygreave Road past the to see the gothic Surrey Street from a major high street bank to a bustling Information Commons and onto Upper Town Hall building in front of you. This is and take the first city centre Post Office. Hannover Street. the main council building in the city. Cross right onto Norfolk the road towards the Town Hall and bear Street. On the right you will pass Wicker 17 At the junction 2 Cross the road right to enter the Peace Gardens on your Herbal Stores and the Brown Bear pub, of Church Street towards the left. With bars and restaurants, this is a supposedly two of the most haunted and Leopold University tram great place to hang out. Relaxing on the locations in Sheffield. On the left is Upper Street, turn left stop – both grass near the fountains is a lovely way to Chapel built in the 1700s. It has been a and cross the yellow and blue spend a summer afternoon. Unitarian Church for over 200 years. road. Go past the route trams call entrance to the here, connecting 8 From the Peace 12 Take the first Leopold Hotel – you may wish to stop for a the University to the city centre, train Gardens you can left after Upper spot of afternoon tea. Turn right to enter station, local park and ride facilities, and follow the silver Chapel onto Leopold Square.* There are lots of bars Meadowhall Shopping Centre. Continue ball fountains, Norfolk Row – and restaurants here, and at night there’s across the road following Upper Hanover past Cafe Nero, a quaint side a real buzz about the square. Walking right Street to the right then take the first left, Piccolino and Pizza street with across the square, take the steps at the around the University Barracks, where our Express on your pavement cafes other side back up to West Street. Officer Training Corps is based, and onto right, towards the large wooden framed which look out over the incredible Glossop Road. structure on your left. This is the Winter Cathedral Church of St Marie. Recently 18 From here you Gardens – the largest glasshouse in any re-opened, the church has been lovingly can turn left and 3 Cross Glossop European city centre and home to 2,500 restored. The architecture and much of walk back to Road using one plants. Walk through the gardens and you the decoration of St Marie’s Cathedral the University. of the many will see the entrance to the Millennium uses designs and motifs from English West Street is pedestrian Gallery. If you have time, why not explore churches built before the Reformation. better known crossings and, the gift shop or check out some of the At the end of Norfolk Row you’ll emerge for its cafes after a short walk, current exhibitions – many are free! onto Fargate, one of the city centre’s main that do great lunchtime deals; at night take the right turn shopping streets, with a plethora of high it becomes one of the busiest streets down onto Fitzwilliam Street. On your 9 Continuing street stores, banks and cafes. in the city, with thousands of people right is West One – a development of bars, through the enjoying the atmosphere in the many bars restaurants and accommodation, and a Winter Gardens 13 If you wish to and clubs which can be found along the great place for a night out. you will exit at explore all the way. Where West Street meets Glossop Tudor Square. shops Sheffield Road again there are a few University 4 Turn first left onto This square is has to offer, turn buildings, including Edgar Allen House Devonshire Street home to the left and follow on the left hand side as you walk back to to walk past a host largest theatre complex outside London Fargate back past the University. At the junction with Upper of independent and the winner of Best Regional Theatre the Town Hall Hanover Street turn right, cross the road stores on your left in the 2013 Stage 100 Awards. It includes and Peace Gardens then onto The Moor. via the University tram stop and follow and Devonshire the Lyceum, the Studio and the Crucible Alternatively, you can continue on the tour Leavygreave Road back up to the Students’ Green on your which is also known to sports fans as heading right towards Leopold Square and Union where you began this tour. right. This beautiful outdoor space is the venue for the annual World Snooker the Cathedral. used all year round and every July hosts Championship. Tudor Square also features * Alternatively, from the exit of Leopold the main stage of Tramlines. This is a free Sheffield Central Library and the Graves 14 At the end of Square you can turn left and board a music festival in the city, attracting big Art Gallery, which occupies the top floor Fargate is Sheffield tram back to the University from the City name acts and over 175,000 people. of the library and features an amazing Cathedral, the Hall tram stop. Any of the yellow or blue collection of 19th and 20th Century art city’s oldest route trams arriving at this stop will get 5 Continuing onto work from painters including Picasso – building. There has you back to the University in a matter Division Street, all free to view. To get ideas for other been a church on of minutes. Equally, you can catch these you’ll pass even things to see and do in Sheffield why not this site for over trams from any of the other stops on more independent visit the Welcome to Sheffield Visitor 1000 years. Over the last ten centuries the West Street as you head back towards bars, restaurants Centre just opposite the library. building you see today has been changed the University on the left hand side of and shops. Feel and rebuilt many times and is now like the road. free to take a look; 10 If you would like a puzzle, with its history hidden in its you never know what interesting things to get to the train stones. Further renovations are currently you might find. A short way along the road station from Tudor underway to create a more accessible and on your left you’ll find the old fire station, Square; follow welcoming entrance to the Cathedral.