Peace Gardens
The city's front room: fountains, lawns and cascades beside the Town Hall, busy all summer.
The Goodwin Fountain's 89 jets and the stepped water cascades make the Peace Gardens the place Sheffield gathers when the sun is out. The bronze and enamel vessels around the edge represent molten steel pouring back into the ground.
It is framed by the Victorian Town Hall on one side and the Winter Garden entrance on the other, with cafes and restaurants under the Millennium Square colonnade.
Highlights
- Goodwin Fountain water jets
- Beside the Town Hall
- Free, open all hours
Nearby in Sheffield
Sheffield Town Hall
The Victorian Gothic town hall above the Peace Gardens, topped by Vulcan, god of the forge.
Montgomery Theatre
An intimate Victorian theatre on Surrey Street hosting comedy, drama and community shows.
Sheffield Winter Garden
A vast timber-arched glasshouse in the city centre, home to more than 2,000 plants and free to walk through.