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A pocket guide to our friendly, hilly city Coffee and cocktails in old cutlery works. Art exhibitions in transformed factories. A lot Vintage treasures line the streets in one corner of the city; in another, an inviting, international array of restaurants extends for a mile. The happens biggest – and best – theatre complex outside of London is just down the road from one of within Europe’s biggest indie cinemas. Festivals of art, film, music, the great outdoors and literature bring the city to life, whatever the season. ’s Get to know Sheffield: the friendly, hilly, multicultural city that around 564,000 people seven hills. – including 58,000 students – love to call home. This booklet is written by Our Favourite Places in collaboration with the . Our Favourite Places is an independent guide to the creative and unconventionally beautiful , here they have highlighted some of their best loved places in the region. www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk Sectiontitle City centre The The Peak Peace Railway station Devonshire Botanical gardens Botanical University – Information Commons University University – ArtsUniversity Tower University – FirthUniversity Court

4 5 Our city – how to get here The big northern cities of , and are less than an hour away by train. Within two Where is hours, you can make it to to the west, Newcastle to the Sheffield? north, and Hull to the east.

Getting to Sheffield: Getting around Sheffield: By train By Trains connect Sheffield directly to The Supertram is the handiest way most major British cities, as well to get around the city, with stops as outlying suburbs, Meadowhall at the University, the station, the shopping centre, and the nearby , and more. Peak District. Once you arrive, the 190 miles away, heart of the city is a short uphill By bus as the crow flies. 25 miles to the walk from . Across the road from the railway closest airport. station, By coach is the best place to get to grips regularly with the city’s bus routes. Buses Cleethorpes pull up at Sheffield Interchange lead in all directions from here, Nearest beach: in the city centre, while including to Meadowhall and the an hour and drops off and picks up at Peak District, and most buses offer Peak District a half away by Meadowhall, a tram ride away. cheap fares to students. The 5th-biggest SHEFFIELD train. national park in the By road On foot country. One third Central Sheffield’s one-way Yes, Sheffield’s hilly – but don’t let of Sheffield lies routes are notoriously tricky for that put you off. The city centre is within its borders. newcomers, so make the most compact enough to walk around of the Park and Ride options at fairly quickly and easily, and you’ll Nunnery Square, Meadowhall and soon acclimatise to the inclines. Middlewood, where you can hop London on a tram into town. 2 hours’ train ride to the capital.

6 7 Our city

8 9 Many a maker and doer has set up Small galleries dot the area known their creative home in Sheffield. as the Cultural Industries Quarter. The current crop of artists, Meanwhile the main cultural musicians, filmmakers, developers attractions – including the biggest Culture and designers continue the city’s and best theatre complex outside long tradition of making, and make of London – gather near urban life for the rest of us here that bit tropical paradise the Winter more exciting. Garden.

99 Mary Street Image: Nynke Wierda. Photography, courtesy of 99 Mary of Street courtesy Photography, Wierda. Image: Nynke 10 11 Culture – theatre

Lyceum Theatre Delicatessen Theatre top 5 A fairy tale Edwardian theatre, Unlocking creative potential the Lyceum reopened just over in the most unlikely places is twenty-five years ago, yet it’s hard something Sheffield’s particularly to imagine Sheffield without it. good at, and Theatre Delicatessen Its programme of ballet, musicals is a shining of that. The and family-friendly drama deserted Woolworths turned complements that of its younger artspace makes room for emerging sibling, the Crucible next door. theatre groups to develop and sheffieldtheatres.co.uk stage new work – anything from immersive theatre to improv Lantern Theatre comedy to celebrations of queer A wealthy industrialist originally culture. built the Lantern as his own theatredelicatessen.co.uk private theatre in 1886. In the leafy suburb of , this tiny Crucible Victorian theatre now hosts local The leading light of Sheffield amateur groups and the occasional theatreland since 1971, the musician. No matter what’s on Crucible, with its starry ceiling stage, its charm won’t fail to woo and thrust stage, is iconic. An you. impressive lineup of actors lanterntheatre.org.uk regularly tread the boards and, once a year, it goes The Library Theatre loopy as it plays host to the A secret in the city centre, the World Snooker Championship. Library Theatre is hidden away 16- to 26-year-olds can often get in the basement of Sheffield’s art tickets for a fiver, and it’s always deco Central Library. Programming worth checking what’s on the here is eclectic: one day it might smaller Crucible Studio stage for be a wrestling match, the next a less conventional, more thrifty burlesque cabaret. theatre-going. sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/ sheffieldtheatres.co.uk librarytheatre

12 13 Culture – art

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Kelham Island Museum Alfred Denny Museum In what once was the heart of The University’s very own cabinet industrial Sheffield, this museum of curiosities. The Alfred Denny is a history lesson in what opens the first Saturday of made the city we know today – every month, when its grinning cutlery, steel, hard graft – and a skeletons, pickled critters and celebration of all things Made in fossils fill visitors with awe and Sheffield. wonder. simt.co.uk sheffield.ac.uk/alfred-denny- museum

Weston Park Museum Weston Park is pretty much the University’s back garden, rolling out to the side of , and the . Its blossom trees, duck pond and Victorian bandstand make it ideal for a calming study break, but the curious will want to head inside to its museum. There you’ll find out about significant events in the city’s social history – the floods, the miners’ strike, and so on – and meet Snowy the polar bear. museums-sheffield.org.uk

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16 17 Culture – music

Music Me The Horizon, Drenge, Slow (Picture House Social), trading Sheffield is home to: For many, Sheffield music is Club, and The Sherlocks. co-ops (Regather) and, during synonymous with early-80s weekend, pretty 465 bands synthpop chart-botherers The Venues include the legendary likes much everywhere. And you can put 65 recording studios Human League, and of and the art deco on your dancing shoes most nights 70 venues ABC. The city’s nourished a varied City Hall. There’s music in former of the week at places like Plug, bunch of musicians since then warehouses (Hope Works), on Corporation, the Students’ Union, though: from Pulp and Moloko in trains (Folk Train), in pubs (The and the bars and clubs around the 90s, to, more recently, Arctic Harley and The Greystones, for Division Street and West Street. Monkeys, Richard Hawley, Bring starters), basement ballrooms

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Festivals Music, zines, food, documentaries, heritage, the great outdoors, books. There’s a festival for all of them, and more, in Sheffield. See ourfaveplaces.co.uk/festivals for details.

February June Sheffield Zine Doc/Fest (film) Fest July March Sheffield Pride Outlines Tramlines (music) (music) Sheffield Beer Week August The Outdoor Sheffield Fayre City Weekender September April Festival of the Art Sheffield Mind (biennial) (biennial) Heritage Open Days Lantern October Carnival Off the Shelf Multi-story: (literature) the Sheffield Sensoria Library Festival (music & film) May Sheffield Design Open Up (art) Week Sheffield Food November Festival Artspace Open Studios Tramlines Tramlines Image: Simon Butler. Courtesy of Tramlines of Courtesy Image: Simon Butler. 20 21 Culture – urban landscape

The urban landscape Keep your eyes peeled as you Sheffield’s visual landscape is wander the city’s streets and nothing if not varied. alleyways, for signs of Sheffield’s past or murals by some of its The city does concrete really resident artists. Typographical well. You’ll notice that almost relics of industrial Sheffield are immediately on arrival, as the scattered across areas like Kelham 1960s, brutalist ‘streets in the Island, while street art adds sky’ of Park Hill estate make for colour, humour and mystery to a sweeping backdrop to Sheffield otherwise ordinary walls all over station. the city.

Then there’s the likes of the Moore Street Substation and the ; they may provoke a love-it-or-hate-it reaction, but they’re undeniably enchanting by night when they’re all illuminated. Turn a corner from one of these modernist icons, though, and you might spot a neoclassical beauty like the City Hall or the Central Library.

Opposite page: Street art by Florence Blanchard (top left) and Phlegm (top right). Bottom: Moore Street

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… arthouse films? … art books? … a cheap night at the theatre? … a peek into Sheffield’s Showroom Roco Theatre Delicatessen (see p.13) industrial past? Right by the station, the Showroom A creative co-op right by Uni, with 17 The Moor, S1 4PF is a 1930s art deco car garage a gallery, shop, cafe and a rooftop 0114 278 6500 (see p.16) turned four-screen indie cinema. terrace to boot. theatredelicatessen.co.uk Alma Street, S3 8RY As well as all the films, it also pulls 338-346 Road, S10 2HW 0114 272 2106 ◆ a great pint of local ale and scoops theroco.org simt.co.uk a delicious ice cream. … hidden history? ◆ ◆ 15 Paternoster Row, S1 2BX Manor Lodge 0114 275 7727 … a quiet moment? Mary, Queen of Scots, was once … classical music? showroomworkstation.org.uk locked up here. Now, the ruins Music in the Round Sit amidst centuries’ worth form the backdrop to historical With cheap tickets for under- ◆ of history in one of the most reenactments and beautiful 35s and first-time bookers, plus … natural history? atmospheric buildings in town. wildflower meadows. the occasional ‘pay what you Alfred Denny Museum And make sure you look up: the 389 Manor Lane, Sheffield S2 1UL want’ concert, MITR are all about (see p.17) starry stained glass window in the 0114 276 2828 making classical chamber music University of Sheffield, lantern tower is something else. sheffieldmanorlodge.org as accessible as possible. Ideal Western Bank, S10 2TN Church Street, S1 1HA for those who don’t know their sheffield.ac.uk/alfred-denny- 0114 275 3434 Beethoven from their Bach. museum sheffieldcathedral.org Crucible Studio, 55 Norfolk Street, S1 1DA 0114 281 4660 musicintheround.co.uk

24 25 London Road for a culinary tour corners of Sheffield are defined by around the world. Kelham Island the food and drink they offer. Get for a real ale trail. The Devonshire out there and discover what makes Food and drink Quarter for independent coffee each unique, all while giving your ◆ shops and US-inspired deep-fried tastebuds a treat. chicken and doughnuts. Certain Image: Will Roberts, Vox Multimedia Vox Image: Will Roberts,

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26 27 Food and drink – coffee Coffee top 5

Marmadukes A homely, popular spot next to the theatres, serving a mean slice of red velvet cake, a warming homity pie and, of course, a damn fine cup of coffee. marmadukescafedeli.co.uk

Upshot Espresso Steam Yard A dapper place, conveniently close Cosy corners, a cobbled courtyard to campus. They’re serious about and a menu that includes guest coffee here and tend to offer blends alongside its own cold something a little unusual alongside brew. This Americana-heavy cafe their regular excellent blend. is the Devonshire Quarter’s go-to upshotespresso.co.uk guy come rain or shine. Excellent doughnuts, too. Tamper facebook.com/SteamYard Sheffield immediately lost its heart to this New Zealand coffee Bragazzis shop when it opened in 2011. Alongside the knickknacky shops The original ‘little Tamper’ brews of the Antiques Quarter sits this a fresh, distinctive blend on neighbourhood Italian cafe- Westfield Terrace, while ‘big deli. Its coffee and sandwiches Tamper’ at Sellers Wheel does are unbeatable and the decor all that, and dishes up delicious, impeccable. hearty brunches and lunches to bragazzis.co.uk boot. tampercoffee.co.uk

28 29 Food and drink – Peddler Market

Peddler Once a month, Peddler turns a former warehouse in Kelham Island into the liveliest market in town. Tuck into street food, sip on prosecco, enjoy some music, pick up some artwork – and repeat into the night. www.peddlermarket.co.uk

30 31 Food and drink – London Road

Cake ‘R’ Us – Chinese sweet delicacies Dim Sum – Chinese Amigos – Mexican Yama – Sushi

Satay Yo Beer – Pan-Asian food, craft beers Saigon 68 - Vietnamese Zeugma – Mediterranean Sugar – Sweet treats

London Road Eat your way around the world, with a visit to London Road. From a Chinese bakery to sushi bars to a Latin tapas restaurant, this mile-long stretch has something to suit all tastes – and budgets.

32 33 Food and drink – specialists Sheffield’s an international city, and its many food and drink shops reflect that. Image: Nigel Barker Pick up top quality meat at family- run butcher Simmonites or the Moor Market’s stalls. Shop local on charming suburban high street Sharrow Vale Road. Stock up on Chinese groceries at the likes of KH Oriental, Tai Sun, WaDing and West Street’s Oriental Mart. Go Sheffield is also known as the UK’s organic at Beanies Wholefoods real ale capital. Look out for these Co-op or volunteer-run New Roots. local brews in shops like Beer And fill the rest of your kitchen Central, Hop Hideout, Starmore cupboards with a visit to London Boss, Beer Co and Turner’s Road, home to everything from Mr Craft Beer Bottle Shop – as Pickles’ Yorkshire Food Emporium recommended by Jules Gray from to Ozmen International Food Sheffield Beer Week: Centre. Abbeydale Brewery: Heathen 4.1% Mosaic hopped pale ale with tropical fruit and herbal pine notes. Little Critters: Rye Fox 4.3% Hints of rye spice and moreish biscuity malt. North Union: Dubbel 6.5% Rich, fruity and dark sumptuous Belgian style dubbel. JH Mann, Fishmongers

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… breakfast? … fish and chips? … curry? … veggie meals? Forge Bakehouse Two Steps Ashoka Blue Moon Cafe 302 Abbeydale Road, S7 1FL 249 Sharrow Vale Road, S11 8ZE 307 Road, S11 8NX 2 St James Row, S1 2EW 0114 258 8987 0114 266 5694 0114 268 3029 0114 276 3443 forgebakehouse.co.uk twostepssheffield.co.uk ashoka1967.com bluemooncafesheffield.co.uk ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ … afternoon tea? … doughnuts? … burritos? … something fancy? Jameson’s The Depot Bakery Street Food Chef The Milestone 334 Abbeydale Road, S7 1FN 92 Burton Road, S3 8DA 90 Arundel Street, S1 4RE, 0114 84 Green Lane, S3 8SE 0114 255 1159 0114 275 7779 275 2390 / 98 , S1 0114 272 8327 jamesonstearooms.co.uk thedepotbakery.co.uk 2HQ (takeaway only), 0114 273 the-milestone.co.uk 7909 / 343 Glossop Road, S10 2HP, ◆ ◆ ◆ 0114 275 8627 … burgers? … Sunday dinner? streetfoodchef.co.uk … cocktails? Twisted Burger Company The Beer Engine Daisy’s Bar The Harley, 334 Glossop Road, S10 17 Cemetery Road, S11 8FJ ◆ 73-75 Division Street, S1 4GE 2HW 0114 272 1356 … fried chicken? 0114 273 1050 0114 275 2288 beerenginesheffield.com Lucky Fox thegatsbybar.co.uk/daisys.php twistedburger.co 72 Division Street, S1 4GF ◆ 0114 278 0811 … pizza? theluckyfox.com Picture House Social 383 Abbeydale Road, Nether Edge, ◆ S7 1FS ... falafel? 0114 258 1690 Falafel King picture-house-social.com 323 Glossop Road, S10 2HP 0114 249 3159

36 37 As one of the greenest cities in woods and winding valleys. Fans Europe and with the Peak District of team sports – both players and Sport for a back garden, it’s no surprise spectators – will find plenty to that Sheffield has declared itself keep them active at centres like The Outdoor City. It’s known as , the English Institute the UK’s climbing capital, while of Sport, Ice Sheffield, and its hikers, runners and cyclists flock football at to its surrounding hills, ancient and . Image courtesy of Front Runner and The Outdoor City and The Outdoor Runner Front of Image courtesy

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Sports venues top 5

Ponds Forge off your cool moves or taking up In the heart of the city, Ponds ice hockey lessons. If you’re not Forge has something for all kinds eager to pull on a pair of skates of leisure pursuit: an Olympic- yourself, you can always watch a sized pool and diving pool (the Sheffield Steeldogs game. deepest in Europe and host to the .com British Diving Championships), multi-purpose sports hall, English Institute of Sport trampolining classes, a gym, steam Olympic heroes like Jessica room and a sauna. Ennis-Hill and Nicola Adams as siv.org.uk/ponds-forge well as some of the GB wheelchair basketball team train at EIS, but Foundry don’t let that intimidate you: its Climbers flock to Sheffield – gym and courts are open to all, partly to take advantage of nearby while spectators can enjoy events gritstone edges like Stanage, like the British Universities and but also for the excellent array Colleges Sport (BUCS) Nationals. of indoor climbing walls. The siv.org.uk/eiss/upcoming-eiss Foundry has been at the heart of Sheffield’s climbing scene since The Peak District the early 90s, and is a good place Running, walking, climbing, for beginners. Also try Awesome mountain biking, kayaking, Walls, The Climbing Works and the swimming. Name an outdoor University’s own Matrix (within activity and there’s a good chance the ) you can do it in the Peak District. foundryclimbing.com The national park is Sheffield’s glorious back garden, and its Ice Sheffield paths, hills, crags, reservoirs and A short tram ride from the city lidos are easily accessible from centre, IceSheffield is a huge ice the city by bus and train. The Foundry

skating rink, perfect for showing visitpeakdistrict.com theoutdoorcity.co.uk of courtesy Image: Will Roberts, 40 41 Sport – Snooker For a couple of weeks each spring Sheffield goes snooker loopy, as it welcomes visitors from far and wide for the World Snooker Championships.

Hosted at the Crucible Theatre since 1977, over the years the competition has made champions out of the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, and . It’s a lively time to be in the city, and even if you don’t get tickets you can enjoy the nail-biting action on the big screen outside the theatre.

42 43 Sport – cycling / running

Cycling to charm cyclists. Mountain bikers A city of seven hills, Sheffield will want to take to the trails on the offers plenty of opportunity to feel moors, in woods like Wharncliffe, the burn, followed by the thrill, of and Lady Canning’s, and climbing up and freewheeling back at inner-city hotspot Parkwood down its many steep inclines on Springs. Bolehills, meanwhile, two wheels. is home to the city’s finest BMX track, and in Hillsborough there’s From disused railway line the chance for people with disabilities Monsal Trail to picturesque to ride all kinds of adapted bikes at reservoir loops, the nearby Peak Cycling 4 All. Below: Lady Canning’s District has tons of glorious routes mountain bike trails.

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Running With five river valleys and over 200 parks and woodlands, Sheffield isn’t short on picturesque trails to explore on foot.

Routes like the Sheffield Round Walk, Norfolk Heritage Trail, and Five Weirs Walk combine nature and beauty with a peek into the city’s social and industrial history. Anyone looking to pick up the pace or beat their personal best will do well to set their alarm clocks on Saturday mornings: at 9am, hundreds of runners converge on six of the city’s parks to join in the timed 5k parkruns. Image: Duncan Philpott courtesy of The Outdoor City The Outdoor of courtesy Image: Duncan Philpott 44 45 Sectiontitle

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46 47 Shopping

Sheffield has all the big name shops you’d expect to find in a large city. Just a tram ride away is Meadowhall – one of the UK’s biggest shopping centres with 230 popular high street and independent retailers, over 50 places to eat, and an 11 screen cinema. Off the beaten track, though, you’ll find streets lined with treasure in the Antiques Quarter, and everything from designer jewellery to skateboards to vintage clobber in the independently minded Devonshire Quarter. Image: Will Roberts 48 49 Shopping – high street

The high street Under the Meadowhall dome, Right: Below left and right: In the city centre, Fargate is meanwhile, you’ll find Urban Meadowhall dotted with the likes of Marks and Outfitters, Apple Store, Primark, Spencer, Topshop, H&M, River Jack Wills, Hollister, Disney Island, New Look, Pandora, Office, Store, Zara, House of Fraser, and Starbucks, Paperchase, and Lush, hundreds more. and leads up to John Lewis in Barker’s Pool.

50 51 Shopping – Devonshire Quarter

Devonshire Quarter Syd & Mallory’s, Slugger Skate Centred around , Store, Sakis), homeware (Moonko, with its skatepark and lawn, is Plantology), vintage gear (Vulgar, Sheffield’s independent quarter. Mooch, Freshman’s), and coffee Yes, there’s a Taco Bell, but mostly (Steam Yard, Tamper, Ink and the streets are lined with the city Water). Bonus: the Devonshire centre’s finest indie shops, dealing Quarter is just five minutes’ walk in cool clothes (CollardManson, from Uni.

Above: Slugger, Right: Moonko, Below: Syd & Mallory’s Image: Will Roberts Image: Nigel Barker 52 53 Shopping – vintage It’s easy to be both fashionable is home to the delightful two- and thrifty in Sheffield, thanks to storey Nichols Building and, to the city’s many vintage boutiques. the south-west of the city, the Pre-loved gems are waiting to many emporiums of the Antiques be unearthed on a city centre Quarter brim with treasures. Kit crawl round the likes of Mooch, out your digs in similar style with Freshman’s, Vulgar, Cow, A New a visit to the charity shops in Shop, Brag, and the huge Thrifty studenty , Broomhill and Store. Meanwhile Shalesmoor .

54 55 Shopping – records / markets

Record shops top 5

Record Collector Spinning Discs A crate-digger’s paradise in the Open for evening browses two pretty, student-heavy suburb nights a week, the atmospheric of Broomhill, Record Collector Spinning Discs is worth making the has been going strong for nearly trip to – particularly 40 years. Look out for in-store if you round it off with a drink in sessions and see if you can spot The Tramshed next door, where any luminaries of the Sheffield you can also sometimes catch the music scene at the checkout – record shop’s owners spinning the likes of Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker, some vinyl. Richard Hawley, and Def Leppard’s spinningdiscssheffield.co.uk Joe Elliott have all professed their love for the place. Bear Tree Records recordcollectorsheffield.co.uk Bear Tree is run on sheer adoration for vinyl. Upstairs Tonearm Vinyl next to Waterstones, the shop Up the hill in Walkley, Scott focuses on quality over quantity. McMullin’s friendly shop has As an added bonus, owner Joe all genres covered: new wave, adds a personal note to each punk, dance, reggae, metal, prog, record, handily enlightening your electronic, hip-hop, funk. Its browsing. Moor Market local shelves are a great place to beartreerecords.com Pork pies and Portuguese tarts. discover the /Pulp/ African fabrics and adventurous Human League of the future, too. LP Records ales. The city’s oldest ice cream All of which makes it easy to while The place to stock up on company and its most indulgent away time in here, and hard to secondhand 7-inches, with an burgers. Find them all, and more leave empty-handed. eclectic mix of soul, dance and besides, under one roof at the tonearmvinyl.co.uk indie, plus a decent amount of Moor Market – much cheaper and Morrissey for good measure. much fresher than you’ll find them facebook.com/LP.Vinyl.Sheffield at any supermarket. sheffieldmarkets.com 56 57 From the Winter Garden to the lies within the borders of the Peak woodlands that dot the city, District national park – and the Green spaces Sheffield is home to more than city’s residents certainly know how 200 public green spaces, and has to make the most of its beautiful more trees per person than any back garden. other city in Europe. On top of that, around a third of Sheffield Image: Gemma Thorpe, courtesy of theoutdoorcity.co.uk of Image: Gemma Thorpe, courtesy 58 59 Green spaces – botanical garden

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60 61 Green spaces – parks

Endcliffe Park Parks top 5 Student-friendly Ecclesall Road and Sharrow Vale Road are lined with cute cafes and independent shops. After a potter, there’s nowhere nicer to unwind than nearby . Stroll downstream to join the A triumvirate of green spaces Sheffield Round Walk route, which leads to a an old opens out to the back of Western grinding wheel, a dam, and an alpaca farm (see p66). Bank Library and the Arts Tower, And don’t miss the park’s rubber duck race in spring. made up of Weston Park (see p17), off Rustings Road, S11 7AA the , and Crookes Valley. Running parallel to the road up to studenty Crookes, the latter Devonshire Green is ideal for a post-revision stroll, As soon as the sun’s out, Dev with its peaceful lake and pretty Green and its skatepark become blossom trees. the lively heart of the Devonshire Crookes Valley Road Quarter. If you’ve forgotten to pack your picnic blanket, pull up a deckchair at the Forum and sip on a cocktail as you people-watch across the grass. Devonshire Street, S3 7SW

Sheffield Botanical Gardens The start of a riddle trail at the Botanical Gardens’ Clamber uphill from Sheffield entrance refers to the place as a ‘garden of surprise’. station, past Park Hill, the And it’s not wrong. In one corner of the 19th-century Cholera Monument and Victorian garden you’ll find a former bear pit, now home to a mansions, and you’ll come to the friendly ursine statue. In another, there’s a fossilised expanse of green that is Norfolk tree trunk. The gardens and beautifully restored Heritage Park. The public park is pavilions, meanwhile, are home to over 4,000 types of one of the oldest in the country, plant from all over the world. and its vantage point across the Clarkehouse Road, S10 2LN city centre is unbeatable. Guildford Avenue, S2 2PL Image: Gemma Thorpe, courtesy of theoutdoorcity.co.uk of Image: Gemma Thorpe, courtesy 62 63 Green spaces – Peak District

Chatsworth & the Peak District Known as the Palace of the Peak, Chatsworth House is one of the country’s most beloved stately homes. Hop on the 218 bus in Sheffield and within 45 minutes you’ll be on the doorstep of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire’s home, complete with glorious

Image courtesy of the Chatsworth House Trust of Image courtesy gardens, tea rooms, fountains, sculptures, a farmyard and maze.

Reach other picturesque Peak District villages by train or bus for a day in the great outdoors. Explore caves in Castleton, enter the ‘plague village’ of Eyam, go for a dip in the lido in Hathersage, potter along Padley Gorge from Grindleford, or hike from Edale up Mam Tor.

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64 65 Green spaces – Mayfield Alpacas Campus landmarks ◆ Image: Nigel Barker

Whether it’s the Grade II listed Arts Tower dominating the Sheffield skyline or the grandeur of the redbrick Firth Court, the buildings within the University of Sheffield’s campus play a big part in the make up of the city.

The campus covers a mile-long stretch close to the city centre. The mix of contemporary design and traditional architecture Mayfield Alpacas make the campus worth The fluffiest, friendliest field in exploring in its own right. Sheffield. The alpaca farm, with a visitor centre and cafe, is on the Sheffield Round Walk route, right where Sheffield meets the Peak District. mayfieldalpacas.com

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