Areas of Sheffield
Sheffield is a city of distinct districts, each with its own character. This guide maps the 9 areas a visitor is most likely to want, and lists what to see in each.
- City centre
- Kelham Island & Neepsend
- Devonshire Quarter & West Street
- University & Weston Park
- Ecclesall Road & the Porter Valley
- Abbeydale, Heeley & the south
- The east & the lower Don Valley
- Hillsborough & the north
- The Peak District fringe
City centre
The heart of Sheffield: the Town Hall, Peace Gardens and Winter Garden, the theatre quarter around Tudor Square, the galleries and the main shopping streets. Almost everything here is within a ten minute walk of everything else.
- Sheffield Town Hall — Landmarks
- Peace Gardens — Parks & gardens
- Tudor Square — Theatre & music
- Upper Chapel — Landmarks
- Fargate & Orchard Square — Shopping
- Sheffield Winter Garden — Landmarks
- Leopold Square — Food & drink
- Crucible Theatre — Theatre & music
- Montgomery Theatre — Theatre & music
- Cathedral Church of St Marie — Landmarks
- Barker's Pool & the War Memorial — Landmarks
- National Videogame Museum — Museums & galleries
Kelham Island & Neepsend
The old steelworking quarter north of the centre, now the city's best-known food and drink district — the museum and the River Don Engine sit among bars, street food and converted works.
- Little Kelham — Landmarks
- Kelham Island Bars & Street Food — Food & drink
- Peddler Market — Food & drink
- River Don Engine — Museums & galleries
- Kelham Island Museum — Museums & galleries
- Neepsend & Burton Road — Food & drink
- National Emergency Services Museum — Museums & galleries
- Paradise Square — Landmarks
- Corporation — Theatre & music
Devonshire Quarter & West Street
Independent shops, record stores, bars and studios between Devonshire Green and West Street, a few minutes uphill from the Town Hall.
- Devonshire Green — Parks & gardens
- Division Street & the Devonshire Quarter — Shopping
- West Street — Food & drink
- Pound's Park — Parks & gardens
- Leah's Yard — Shopping
- Cambridge Street Collective — Food & drink
- Bloc Projects — Theatre & music
- National Videogame Museum — Museums & galleries
- Barker's Pool & the War Memorial — Landmarks
- Sheffield City Hall — Theatre & music
University & Weston Park
The Western Bank campus with the Arts Tower and Firth Court, alongside Weston Park, its museum and the Mappin Art Gallery.
- The Foundry — Theatre & music
- Mappin Art Gallery — Theatre & music
- The Arts Tower — Landmarks
- Alfred Denny Museum — Museums & galleries
- Weston Park — Parks & gardens
- Firth Court & Western Bank — Landmarks
- Weston Park Museum — Museums & galleries
- Crookes Valley Park — Parks & gardens
- The Ponderosa — Parks & gardens
- Turner Museum of Glass — Museums & galleries
Ecclesall Road & the Porter Valley
Sheffield's favourite road for eating out, running west into the Botanical Gardens, Endcliffe Park and the chain of woods and dams up the Porter Valley.
- Endcliffe Park — Sport & outdoors
- Bingham Park — Parks & gardens
- Shepherd Wheel Workshop — Museums & galleries
- Sheffield Botanical Gardens — Parks & gardens
- Ecclesall Road — Food & drink
- Whiteley Woods — Parks & gardens
- Sheffield General Cemetery — Parks & gardens
Abbeydale, Heeley & the south
Industrial heritage at Abbeydale Hamlet and Beauchief, the antiques quarter on Abbeydale Road, Heeley City Farm and the big southern parks.
- Millhouses Park — Parks & gardens
- Graves Park — Parks & gardens
- Ecclesall Woods — Parks & gardens
- Meersbrook Park — Parks & gardens
- Beauchief Abbey — Landmarks
- The Climbing Works — Sport & outdoors
- Sheffield Antiques Quarter — Shopping
- Heeley City Farm — Parks & gardens
- Bishops' House — Museums & galleries
- Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet — Museums & galleries
- Bingham Park — Parks & gardens
The east & the lower Don Valley
Park Hill, Victoria Quays and the Five Weirs Walk running out to the arena, the Olympic-standard sports venues, Meadowhall and Magna.
- Utilita Arena Sheffield — Sport & outdoors
- Five Weirs Walk — Sport & outdoors
- English Institute of Sport Sheffield — Sport & outdoors
- iceSheffield — Sport & outdoors
- Awesome Walls Climbing Centre — Sport & outdoors
- Victoria Quays — Landmarks
- Park Hill — Landmarks
- S1 Artspace — Theatre & music
- Old Town Hall, Waingate — Landmarks
- Ponds Forge — Sport & outdoors
- Castlegate & Sheffield Castle — Landmarks
- Fitzalan Square — Landmarks
Hillsborough & the north
Hillsborough Park and stadium, Owlerton, Firth Park, Concord Park and the Iron Age hillfort on Wincobank Hill.
- Owlerton Stadium — Sport & outdoors
- Hillsborough Park & Walled Garden — Parks & gardens
- Hillsborough Stadium — Sport & outdoors
- Neepsend & Burton Road — Food & drink
- Peddler Market — Food & drink
- Kelham Island Museum — Museums & galleries
- Firth Park — Parks & gardens
- Little Kelham — Landmarks
- River Don Engine — Museums & galleries
- Kelham Island Bars & Street Food — Food & drink
- National Emergency Services Museum — Museums & galleries
- The Ponderosa — Parks & gardens
The Peak District fringe
A third of Sheffield sits inside the Peak District National Park: gritstone edges, moorland and reservoirs, all reachable by bus from the centre.
- Redmires Reservoirs — Parks & gardens
- Wyming Brook Nature Reserve — Parks & gardens
- Burbage Valley & Higger Tor — Parks & gardens
- Stanage Edge — Sport & outdoors
- Ringinglow & Houndkirk Moor — Parks & gardens
- Rivelin Dams — Parks & gardens
- Porter Valley & Forge Dam — Parks & gardens
- Rivelin Valley — Parks & gardens
- Whiteley Woods — Parks & gardens
- Longshaw Estate — Parks & gardens
- Shepherd Wheel Workshop — Museums & galleries
- Bingham Park — Parks & gardens
Sheffield areas: common questions
- What are the main areas of Sheffield?
- The city centre sits between the Town Hall and the station, with the Devonshire Quarter just uphill and Kelham Island to the north. West of the centre are the University and Weston Park, then Ecclesall Road and the Porter Valley; the east holds Park Hill, the lower Don Valley and Meadowhall, and the north Hillsborough and Firth Park.
- Which is the nicest area of Sheffield to visit?
- For food and drink, Kelham Island. For independent shops and nightlife, the Devonshire Quarter. For greenery and brunch, Ecclesall Road and the Porter Valley. For sights, the city centre covers the most ground in the least time.
- Is Sheffield in the Peak District?
- Partly — roughly a third of the city lies inside the Peak District National Park, which makes Sheffield the only English city with a national park inside its boundary.