Self-Guided City Tour
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14 15 The Diamond 12 1 16 11 9 6 2 7 5 3 8 4 10 13 1 1 2 You can begin your tour 7. Carry on through Barker’s Pool at the Students’ Union and bear right at the end of the road towards the Town Hall. Cross the 1. From the Students’ Union, follow road towards the Town Hall and enter the concourse around the Hicks the Peace Gardens to the right of the Building down to Hounsfield Road. building. Surrounded by bars and Walk past the Information Commons restaurants, this is a great place on your left towards the University to relax. tram stop. 2. The University tram stop connects the University to the city centre, train Tour continues station, local park and ride facilities, overleaf and Meadowhall Shopping Centre. Discounted tickets for students Students’ Union University tram stop are available. Cross Upper Hanover Street, turn right and 4 3 continue left onto Glossop Road. 3. Walk down Glossop Road past the University Health Centre on your left, and then turn right onto Fitzwilliam Street. On your right is West One Plaza – a development of bars, restaurants and accommodation, and a great place for a night out. 4. Turn left onto Devonshire Street and walk past a host of independent stores on your left and Devonshire Green on your right. This outdoor space is used all year round and every Devonshire Green West One Plaza summer hosts a stage at Tramlines, a citywide music festival. 4/5 7 5. Continuing onto Division Street, you’ll pass more independent bars, restaurants and shops. This characterful area was recently named a finalist in the great neighbourhood category of the National Urbanism Awards. A short way along the road on your left you’ll find the old fire station, a beautiful building which is now home to one of Sheffield’s most popular late bars – Bungalows and Bears. Devonshire Street/Division Street 6. Pass Carver Street on the left – a popular destination for student 6 nights out – and go straight ahead onto Barker’s Pool, with its fountains, war memorial and the magnificent City Hall. As well as being an iconic building, the City Hall is also a great place to go for music and comedy gigs. On your way you’ll pass a golden post box, painted in honour of Olympic gold medal winner and University of Sheffield alumna, Jessica Ennis-Hill. Barker’s Pool & City Hall Peace Gardens Date of printing: June 2016 June printing: of Date Tour moving about Sheffield. 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From the Peace Gardens, follow the 12. Continue and take the first left silver ball fountains towards the large onto Norfolk Row – a quaint side wooden framed structure on your street with a row of cafes and the left. This is the Winter Gardens – the Cathedral Church of St Marie. At the largest glasshouse in any European end of Norfolk Row you’ll emerge city centre and home to 2,500 plants. onto Fargate, one of the city centre’s Walk through the gardens and you’ll main shopping streets, with many see the entrance to the Millenium high street stores, banks and cafes. Gallery. If you have time, have a look at the exhibitions on display there. 13. To explore more of Sheffield’s shopping options, you can turn 9. Continuing through the Winter left, following Fargate back past the Gardens you will exit at Tudor Town Hall and Peace Gardens, onto Square. This area is home to Sheffield The Moor. The Moor is home to Theatres, the largest theatre complex Sheffield’s new, multi-million pound outside London. It includes the market development and a new Lyceum, the Studio and the Crucible cinema. Alternatively you can continue which is known to sports fans as the on the tour turning right towards Winter Gardens venue for the annual World Snooker Leopold Square and the Cathedral. Championship. Tudor Square also 9 10 features Sheffield Central Library and the Graves Art Gallery, which 14. Sheffield Cathedral is at the occupies the top floor of the library. end of Fargate. It is the city’s The gallery features an amazing oldest building and there has collection of 19th and 20th Century been a church on this site for over artwork from painters including 1,000 years. Guided tours of the Picasso – all free to view. For more cathedral are often available, these information about the city, the last approximately 45 minutes. Sheffield Visitor Information Centre is directly on your right as you exit the Winter Gardens. 15. Turn left (as you face the cathedral) along Church Street, then turn left onto Leopold Street 10. If you would like to get to the train and enter Leopold Square on your station from Tudor Square; follow right. This secluded retreat contains Surrey Street to the right, past the a collection of top quality bars and library entrance, towards Arundel restaurants offering food and drinks Gate. At the end of the road, cross from around the world together with Arundel Gate, continuing to follow the the beautiful Leopold Hotel. Walk path down into Hallam Gardens. The through the square and take the steps terraced amphitheatre you will enter onto West Street. off Howard Street is now a focal point Tudor Squre Train Station of Sheffield Hallam University’s City Campus. Follow the gardens 16. From here, turn left and walk back 11 12 down Howard Street and onto to the University. At night, West Street Sheaf Street where you will see becomes one of the busiest streets the train station ahead. in the city, with thousands of people enjoying the atmosphere in the many bars and clubs which can be found 11. From Tudor Square keep left on along the way. There is also a range Surrey Street passing the Winter of cafes that do great lunchtime deals. Gardens on your left taking the first Follow West Street back to Glossop right onto Norfolk Street. On the Road, cross Upper Hanover Street right you’ll pass Wicker Herbal Stores and continue up Hounsfield Road to and the Brown Bear pub, supposedly the Students’ Union where you began two of the most haunted locations this tour. in Sheffield. On the left is theUpper Chapel built in the 1700s. Thank you. We hope you’ve enjoyed your self-guided tour of Sheffield city centre. Don’t forget you can also do our self-guided tour of the University campus. Norfolk Street Fargate 13 14 15 16 The Moor Sheffield Cathedral Leopold Square West Street.