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The City of Sheffield [1] is a city in the north of England. The population is 516,100 making Sheffield one of the United Kingdom's and Europe's biggest cities. Around 1.75 million people live in the wider metropolitan area (South Yorkshire).

Sheffield lies in the most southerly part of Yorkshire, with Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire to the west, south, and east. The nearest well-known cities (all 1 hour away or less, by train) are Manchester (west), Leeds (north), York (north east), Hull (east), and Derby and Nottingham (south). The M1 motorway runs past Sheffield's Meadowhall Shopping Centre to the east of the city centre, the beautiful Peak District extends to within the western city boundary, and the green South Pennines area ("Last of the Summer Wine country") lies just to the north.

Contents 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By train 2.3 By car 2.4 By bus 2.5 By boat 3 Get around 4 See 4.1 City Centre 4.2 Slightly further out 5 Do 6 Learn 7 Work 8 Buy 8.1 City Centre 8.2 Suburbs 8.3 Meadowhall 8.4 Crystal Peaks 9 Eat 10 Drink 11 Sleep 12 Contact 12.1 Phone 12.2 Mail 13 Stay safe 14 Cope 15 Get out 15.1 Peak District 15.2 Other country areas near Sheffield

Understand

Sheffield used to be famous for its steel industry (see the film 'The Full Monty'). After years of neglect it is starting to get back on its feet. It has always had a good reputation for music (it is the home of Pulp and the Arctic Monkeys) and with a larger-than-average student population is always lively. Sheffield's proximity to the Peak District National Park makes it an ideal base for an outdoor-orientated holiday.

Get in

By plane

Sheffield City Airport is a small airport on the east of the city that now only serves private aircraft. http://www.sheffieldcityairport.com/

Doncaster's new international airport Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield is based at Finningley, approximately 35 minutes' drive away from downtown Sheffield (there are also buses). The airport offers flights to many European business and tourism destinations as well as some North American tourist destinations. The majority of flights are operated by Thomsonfly, Ryanair and easyJet.

Sheffield has a direct train link from Manchester airport.

By train

Sheffield central station (Sheffield Midland) is on the south-east side of the city centre.

Routes There are regular long-distance services from London, and Sheffield also lies on the South/Southwest (Plymouth/Bournemouth) to northeast/Scotland (Newcastle/Edinburgh) route. Sheffield is also at the centre of regional West (Blackpool/Liverpool/Manchester) to East (Hull/Norwich) services.

Services

• Edinburgh, Newcastle and York once per hour.
• Birmingham once per hour.
• Southwest (Bristol/Plymouth) once per hour.
• Manchester twice an hour (lovely route across the Peak District).
• Leeds twice an hour (make sure you catch an express, the others stop everywhere and take ages).
• Nottingham three times an hour.
• London and Derby four times an hour (free tea/coffee if you travel with Midland Mainline!)

By car

The M1 is the main route into Sheffield from places north (Scotland, Dales, Leeds) and south (London, Midlands, Nottingham, Derby). It runs just to the east of the city centre, and is connected to it by the Sheffield Parkway. The M1 also connects with the M62, the main route from places west (North Wales, Liverpool and Manchester) and east (Hull and the European ferries). For the more adventurous travellers from Manchester, the Snake or Woodhead Passes A57 and A628 make for very pleasant (except on busy holiday weekends) trips through the Peak District National Park. It is also possible to use the Peak District as the scenic route from Birmingham or Stoke on Trent.

By bus

There is a large bus station (Sheffield Interchange) by the central railway station (Sheffield Midland), where most local buses and all National Express coaches call.

By boat

Excellent visitor moorings for canal boats at the Victoria Quays basin.

Get around

The city has a modern tram network that serves many but not all areas of the city. The tram serves Hillsborough and Sheffield Wednesday football ground in the north of the city, Meadowhall shopping centre and Crystal Peaks shopping centre. A single ticket within the town centre boundary (travel must be between Granville Road, The University of Sheffield and Hyde Park) costs £1.00. After that, fares increase to £1.50 or £1.80, depending on where you travel. Under 5's travel free and 5–11 year olds travel for 40p, irrespective of distance travelled. 11–18 year olds must have a valid SYPTE concessionary pass to qualify for the 40p fare so therefore people from outside Sheffield often have great difficulty obtaining the concessionary fare. Senior citizens travel for free on any mode of public transport. For people without concessions, it often works out cheaper to buy a Dayrider ticket, which costs £2.70 and allows unlimited travel on all trams and Stagecoach buses in Sheffield.

Buses are operated by First Group and Stagecoach. They generally run every 10-20 minutes during the day, and every 20–60 minutes in the evening. Most of the buses start and end at the Interchange, though some cross-city buses do run. The buses are generally reliable; however, arrive a few minutes before your bus is scheduled to arrive—they do turn up early sometimes. There is a huge range of different tickets avaliable from the bus driver; however, if you plan to travel a lot by the bus it is worth investing in a FirstDay, obtainable from the driver and costing £3.50. This only allows travel on First services; if you wish to use all the public transport in the city, then you must purchase a DayRider costing £4.50.

There are a variety of week and month passes avaliable for either a single bus or bus/tram company, or for all transport including rail. Often, generous student discounts are given for people in possession of a valid student card.

For any further travel information call the TravelLine on 01709 51 51 51 from 7am to 10pm seven days a week or visit http://www.sypte.co.uk/journeyplanner.

See

There are plenty of things to see and do in Sheffield. Below are just a few suggestions of what Sheffield has to offer:

City Centre

• Sheffield City Hall. The impressive 1930's City Hall was recently refurbished and is home to many concerts, performances and travelling shows and is located in the elegant Barkers Pool in the city centre which is home to Sheffield's Centopath.

• Tudor Square. This very central pedestrianized square is home to Sheffield's main cultural attractions and the UK's second largest theatre complex. Noteworthy are the Lyceum Theatre built in Victorian times ; Crucible Theatre home to the World Snooker Championships ; Central Libary and Graves Art gallery a grand 1930's library with an impressive volume of books, topped by the Graves Art Gallery home, to Islamic, British and Chinese art ; the Library Theatre with many shows by excellent local drama groups ; and another entrance to the Winter Gardens.

• Devonshire Quarter. Sheffield's cultural quarter, the centre of this City Centre district is the West:One building, home to designer boutiques and upscale resturants overlooking Devonshire Green. Running parallel to each other are West and Divison Streets, home to Sheffield's exciting nightlife and alternative shopping.

• Peace Gardens, Winter Garden, and Millennium Galleries. Located next to the town hall in the centre of the city are the Peace Gardens; the rising and falling fountains and grassed areas make this small piece of open space a popular place in summer. The Winter Garden is next door: a glass and timber conservatory in the city centre; exotic plants, palm trees, and a coffee bar make it another nice place to sit particularly if the weather is not so nice. A stall in the Winter Garden is the place to find visitor information in Sheffield since the City Council decided it could no longer afford to run the tourist information office. Connected to the Winter Gardens are the Millennium Galleries; this plays host to a number of permanent exhibitions including one detailing the history of Sheffield's steel making as well as travelling exhibitions; it also provides a convenient through route and escalator ride to take some of the sting out of the walk up from the station.

Slightly further out

• Sheffield Botanical Gardens. Located just off the cosmopolitan Ecclesall Road, the recently restored Victorian gardens are a tranquil green oasis from the hustle of the city centre with grand conservatories designed by the architect of the Crystal Palace.

• Sheffield General Cemetery. Historically important Victorian cemetery sited between Cemetery Road and Ecclesall Road. Last "home" of 87,000 people, including Sheffield's influential citizens such as steel manufacturer Mark Firth and Chartist Samuel Holberry. Many of the graves are unmarked pauper graves, some with 40 or more burials. This is a beautiful and fascinating spot, where visitors can enjoy some wildness near the centre of town. For more information see the website http://www.gencem.org.

• Kelham Island Museum. The industrial and social history of Sheffield. Main attraction is the massive 3-cylinder rolling mill engine (in steam every hour) from the River Don Steeworks. Next to the famous Fat Cat real ale pub (and conveniently located for many of the upper Don valley "real ale trail" pubs) - see http://www.simt.co.uk/kelham/

• Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet The early industrial history of Sheffield. Water-powered grinding wheels, trip hammers, etc. A few miles out in the suburbs on the Bakewell road. Check website for "operating" days and special "fayres" - see http://www.simt.co.uk/abbeydale

• Canal Basin. An attractive basin straddled by a warehouse. Colourful narrowboats to look at. Boat trips in Summer. Hotel adjacent for refreshments.

• London Road. Sheffield's unofficial Chinatown, this buzzing road just outside the City Centre is home to Sheffield's vibrant Chinese community and there are many Oriental resturants, supermarkets and stores as well as the Sheffield Chinese community centre.

• Weston Park and Museum. This grand park located next to the University of Sheffield's main campus is home to the Weston Park (Sheffield) musuem due to be reopened in late 2006 after an extensive refurbishment. The park itself is also undergoing a £2million revamp.

• Sheffield Ski Village. Sheffield is well known as a key World sporting destination and is home to Europe's largest outdoor artifical ski slope. The Sheffield ski village offers the chance to enjoy snow activities on the hills overlooking Sheffield. Due to under going extensive redevelopment.

Do

Sheffield is a vibrant, cosmopolitan city and boasts a large range of shopping. There are a large number of cinemas, pubs and night clubs.

• Rother Valley Country Park — The south west of the city (near Crystal peaks) boasts a water-filled opencast coal mine! Thrilled yet? Actually it is a very pleasant country park, well worth a trip on a sunny day. As well as just walking round the lakes and visiting the cafe, you can hire a sailboats, bike, or canoe; go cable-towed water skiing; or watch the jet skis (none for hire, now).
• Sheffield Ski Centre — An open hillside with several steep ski runs and a toboggan run.
• ICE — A big indoor skating arena near all the attractions of the lower Don valley
• Ponds Forge is a huge swimming pool by the train station and the huge roundabout by the motorway junction with olympic sized pool and fun pool with waves, flumes and lazy river

Learn

There are two major universities in Sheffield:

• University of Sheffield. An older "red brick" university which specialises in Medicine and is attached to Hallamshire Hospital—the largest hospital in Europe.

• Sheffield Hallam University. A modern ex-polytechnic and focuses on Engineering, Management and Computing courses. It is also one of the largest universities in the country, with nearly 30,000 students.

• Sheffield College. The largest college in the country.

Work

Though Sheffield's past was largely based in the manufacturing sector, the emphasis has moved to services. A number of government offices and large businesses (Insight, Dixons Group and Freemans) operate their headquarters or regional centres in Sheffield. There are a large number of call centres in and around the city (eg Ant Marketing).

Buy

Sheffield city centre is quite small, but packs in a lot of national and individual shops. Its compactness has allowed suburbs (even ones quite close to the centre) to thrive and maintain their character and commercial individuality.

City Centre

The main axis of central shopping strees runs in more or less a straight line from the inexpensive Castle Market area, through the High Street to the pedestrianised "Fargate" and "The Moor". Running off this axis are the "night out" street ("West Street") and the "Devonshire Quarter" of small independent shops and cafes. Despite the draw of nearby Meadowhall, the city centre has retained some significant department stores and chain shops including Debenhams, TK Maxx, TJ Hughes, Marks and Spencer, and Sheffields very own and interestingly quirky "Atkinsons".

For after-shopping relaxation, note that most of the city centre shops close at around 5:30pm, and the city centre focus shifts to the "clubs and bars" area around the City Hall and along West Street.

Suburbs

Eccleshall Road is an area of individual fashion shops, bars, cafes and restaurants running from the inner ring road out to the slightly more studenty and bohemian "Hunters Bar" roundabout.

Broomhill is a fairly self-contained area: a curious and pleasant mix of "studenty" and "leafy suburb". Only a mile from the city centre (past the university) it has an interesting mix of shops from inexpensive to trendy.

Meadowhall

This is a very large Mall, with shops which stays open till 8pm, and a fast-food, restaurants and entertainment areas staying open till 10pm. During the Christmas holidays, all the shops stay open till 10pm, but the centre becomes very packed and is not recommended to the less sturdy shopper or those in large groups or families. - see Meadowhall Shopping Centre

From Sheffield centre, Meadowhall can be reached easily via the Supertram by taking the Yellow/Purple Route service to 'Meadowhall' or via local Bus or Train (less than 10 minutes from Sheffield station)South Yorkshire Passenger Transport website. From further away, use train or long-distance coach (many of both stop at the Meadowhall Interchange), or drive to Junction 34 of the M1.

Crystal Peaks

A smaller alternative to Meadowhall on the Southern edge of Sheffield, Crystal Peaks shopping centre has many shos and is adjacent to a good selection of 'out of town' superstores such as Comet and JD Sports. Crystal Peaks can be reached via the Blue Route tram to 'Halfway', or by local buses, or by car (junction 30 of the M1).

Eat

There is a large number of good, cheap places to eat in and around Sheffield. A very good sandwich shop is Spoilt for choice on Ecclesall Road in the South West of the city. Or Aunt Sally's at the top of West Street. For fresh, albeit expensive pub food try the ha-ha bar near the Peace Gardens in the town centre. All food is freshly prepared daily. If you venture out in the nearby Peak District there are many nice country pubs. I especially recommend the Poacher's Arms in the Hope Valley which has an excellent Sunday Carvery. BB's on Division Street does great Italian food, it is a small family run business, is fairly cheap and bring your own beer and wine.

There numerous good Indian restaurants. In the Pitsmoor area (rather derelict), home to a large Asian community, you can find the Kashmir Curry House (after the Railway Arches, Spital Hill). A bit further up the road, The Mangla is also quite good. Both sport a very basic interior decor, and are not licensed (you need to fetch your drinks from accross the road).

The Baan Thai in Broomhill is an excellent Thai restaurant.

The Broomhill Friary is a fantastic chipshop

Drink

STUDENTS Students go out every day of the week (of course) but not so much fridays and weekends which tend to be more expensive and frequented by locals.

• Bar One (Sheffield University Union Bar) At the very top of West Street. A student union bar that is understandably full of students, in the evenings you will need a student union card (or a friend who has one to sign you in) to gain admission. Cheapest drinks on a Monday. Large, cheap, pool room.
• The Hubs (Sheffield Hallam Union Bar) Looks like a big, silver, flying spaceship, roughly opposite the train station. Not as big or impressive on the inside as it is on the outside, a relatively small union bar.
• Cavendish Towards the top/middle of West Street. A scream/yellowcard bar (you get discounted drinks if you buy, or have a friend with, a yellowcard which costs about £2 and needs an NUS card). Serves nice food, cheap student pub/bar with pool tables.
• The York Broomhill. Another scream/yellowcard place with a slightly more pubby atmosphere
• Fox and DuckBroomhill. A pub owned by the Students Union of Sheffield but frequented by older locals.
• The Harley The top of West street by HSBC. Open Late, a bar with drum & Bass music and reasonablt priced drinks
• Bar Max West street (towards the top). Another bar open late with a small dance floor, fairly expensive for sheffield prices
• Reflex West street (city hall ish). More of a free, cheesey club with 70s and 80s music
• The Central (fire) Station. Division Street. The old fire station, basically just a bar and a big dance floor, popular and often busy (still feels like a fire-station...i think)
• Vodka Rev(olution) Just off West street on the top of Division Street. A Vodka cocktail bar. expensive, pool tables for hire by the hour
• Bar Hoi. Off West Street towards St Georges. Nice atmosphere, Huge statue of a Budha inside, nicely decorated.

N.B. The legend that was Sharkey's is closed down

Clubs Finding the Clubs (unlike the pubs which are almost all on west street) is somewhat difficult and many people just get a taxi which will cost about £1 if you share

• GateCrasher one Walk down West street and turn right in front of tescos. A bit of a gimic, The club is famous for HedKandi on the first Saturday of every month but is open every other day too (Monday and Tuesday being the most popular). Nice inside (chadeleers, red carpet etc) but the drinks are ordinary and cheap vodka-mixers in plastic cups are plentiful. prices vary but are cheaper if purchased in advance from selected pubs (scream pubs etc). HedKandi is obviosuly more expensive
• The Leadmill Towards the train-station and Sheffield Hallam. A club famous for its live bands. Indie night on a Wednesday
• Plug (formerly .Zero). (hard to explain). Nice club, open late (6am on fridays and weekend) Popular on a thursday night.
• The Limit (formerley Niche) Opposite Plug. The niche was originally closed for Gun crime and has reoppened with doorway metal-detectors outside and security staff who frisk everyone who walks through the door.
• Crystal In the centre of town
• Corporation A 'dirty' club on Milton street (off West Street). Famous for it's dirt cheap (and tastes it) Vodka, the skool disco every wednesday night (free admission in skool uniform) and it's metal/goth fridays.
• Kingdom (nicknamed by many Mingdom) rumoured to have many 14/15yr olds :p
• Fusion and Foundry (Sheffield Uni's clubs) Best known for Juice on a Wednesday (Often swamped with sports teams who get given free tickts) and Tuesday Club (guess what day) a drum & bass night with many big names but which can be quite expensive to get in. (also Pop-Tarts on a Saturday etc etc). There is a night each day of the week except sundays. Pop-Tarts in partiular often hosts free admission if you come in themed fancy dress.

Sheffield is well known for its hundreds of pubs (Public Houses); from ancient and victorian, though to chrome and glass; and from traditional, through to real-ale haven to trendy bar, you can find a location to suit your mood.

On the whole, most town centre pubs are more like bars than traditional pubs: In particular, West Street, in the centre of Sheffield, plays host to many pubs and bars which during the week (in term time) can seem a little "overrun with students" (as some grumpy townsfolk might say) or "a great night out" (as the customers would say).

An interesting trend is the hybrid bar/pub. These manage to maintain something of a pub atmosphere, and sell real ale at reasonable prices, while still pulling in the crowds. They are used as much by people who want a good range of beer at good prices, as by "yoofs" after a good night out. They are probably doing a good job of persuading at least some lager drinkers to switch to traditional ales (Frog & Parrot, boasting the strongest legal ale in the UK; Devonshire Cat, huge range of beers and ciders; several Wetherspoons (not exactly traditional but serving real ale at low prices in a smoke-free atmosphere).

Traditional pubs, with tables to sit at, quieter (or no) music, and several real ales (without the "real ale shrine" feel) can still be found in the city centre: Brown Bear (central, cheap beer, georgian building, popular with theatre goers and local "characters"); Red Deer (civilised, good range of beers, small garden); Dog and Partridge (may be impromptu Irish or Folk music in the back room); Bath (tiny, friendly); Sportsman (local "characters", probably rock music on the juke box). Moving out to the suburbs there are even more traditional pubs. In the Crookes/Walkley area (popular with students as places to live) are: The Hallamshire House (the only pub in Sheffield still housing a full-sized snooker table) ; Walkley Cottage (friendy; good range of beer, good food) ; Freedom House (lively "pool table-and-lager" side, and quiet "granny's living room and Timothy Taylors" side).

Real ale fans from great distances come to "do" Sheffield's Upper Don Valley real ale trail, a route stretching from near the centre (Kelham Island Tavern) almost to Hillsborough (Hillsborough Hotel), taking in the Fat Cat, Cask and Cutler, and Gardner's Rest (only bar billiards table in Sheffield?). The trail roughly parallels the tram route from the city centre to Hillsborough, so getting there and back is easy. All these pubs have a huge range of British draught real ales (some brewed by the pub) and most have a selection of bottle-conditioned beers from continental Europe (especially Belgium). On the other side of the town centre, the Sheaf View is the real ale hotspot.

Sleep

In recent years, the city centre has seen a number of hotel chains arrive. Within the centre, major chain hotels include:

• Premier Travel Inn, Ibis, Bristol (near the Markets area and Canal Basin)
• Novotel and MacDonald Hotel (near the Winter Garden and Peace Garden)
• Holiday Inn (a quieter location not far from the Canal Basin)

Contact

Phone

• The area code for all Sheffield numbers is 0114 when dialled from within the UK or +44114 from outside.

Mail

• The post codes for Sheffield (and a wide surrounding area) begin with "S" and take the form S9 9XX or S99 9XX where 9 is a number and X a letter.

Stay safe

The city has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. There are adequate police patrols at all times of the day, and the town also boasts (if this is a matter for boasting) an extensive network of CCTV cameras. Although some areas not too far from the centre are undesirable, any central areas or main shopping suburbs will feel perfectly comfortable during the day. "After hours", some peripheral parts of the city centre can seem a little "quiet and lonely", but any well-lit streets with plenty of people about (this means in effect the area centred on the Town Hall, between West Street to the north and Arundel Gate to the south) will be as safe as any city centre in the UK, with the usual precautions.

Cope

Get out

Peak District

Sheffield is the perfect city base to explore the Peak District, not only because it is the closest city to the northern half of "the Peaks" (some of the national park lies within the city boundary) but because bus and train links from Sheffield into the Peaks are excellent for such rural services. Popular services run back to Sheffield quite late (some until 11pm), making it feasible for Sheffielders and visitors to put a day's hard work or shopping behind them for a long summer's evening "walking in the Peaks". The popularity of the Peaks as a destination for Sheffielders at leisure is underlined by the fact that many routes provide a better service at weekends (particularly on Sunday) than durng the week - making a full day in the fresh air very easy to arrange.

Briefly, the Peak District ("The Peaks") is a beautiful "National Park" of moors with open access for hikers; stone-walled green hills and sheep-filled fields crossed by paths for ramblers; hillside tracks and country lanes for cyclists; and a network of tiny hamlets, small villages, country churches, and market towns. All the settlements have their own charm and history, and nearly all have at least one pub for lunch and beer, or a tea shop for afternoon tea and cakes.

Suggestions for easy trips into the Peaks from Sheffield

• The Fox House pub is well-served with daytime and evening buses from Sheffield (many routes meet here), and it is only a very short drive out of town. It is situated just where the view of the Peak District opens up as you come over the hill from Sheffield, so you can walk along the high bits without having to climb up there! It is a great place to have a drink before going walking/running/climbing in some great terrain, and to return to for a meal and a drink while waiting for your bus back.
• Hathersage and Grindleford are very close to Sheffield on the "Hope Valley" train line. One evening, get a return ticket to Hathersage for about £3.50, and walk from Grindleford Station to Hathersage Church (Little John's Grave!) along the riverside path (1 to 2 hours, plus time in the country pubs at both ends). If you get an early enough train you can eat at the Grindleford Station Cafe (famous for huge mugs of tea, filling food, and bossy notices everywhere).
• Edale is a pretty village at the head of a beautiful valley, overlooked by the famous Kinder Scout and Mam Tor. There is one pub in the centre of the village at the start of the Pennine Way, and another by the railway station where you can drink moderately until the closing time train (11pm) back to Sheffield (Hope Valley line, 40 minutes from Sheffield).
• Castleton is on the other side of Mam Tor, so is a short, but steep walk from Edale with beautiful views along the way. It is home to the only Blue John mine in the world as well as four major caves/caverns which tourists can visit. Each has a very different feel, from the natural splendour of Peak Cavern to the disconcerting underground river trip (and well-rehearsed guides' patter) of Speedwell. Castleton has an excellent bus service, and though not directly on the Hope Valley line, train tickets are accepted on the bus between Castleton and Hope Station (which is!).
• Eyam ("Eem") village has with a fascinating history and a sad but brave story: it chose to quarantine itself when plague struck in the 17th century. Whole familes died, but the plague did not spread. The stone where food was deposited, in exchange for money left in vinegar-filled holes can still be seen. There is a museum detailing this and the rest of the village's history, and Eyam Hall is an interesting house to visit.
• Bakewell is gentle and pretty (quite Jane Austen-ish). It is good for riverside strolls, country shopping, and spending all day in tea shops trying out the rival versions of "Real, Genuine, Proper, Original, etc etc Bakewell puddings. Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall are nearby for "how-the-rich-lived"-buffs and history-buffs respectively.
• "Sheffield's Lake District" is a rather fanciful name (which has never really stuck) for the Bradfield valley just north of the city centre. True, the moors, green hills, villages, and country pubs really are very beautiful, and make for lovely walks, rides, and drives — but it has to be admitted that there is a distinct lack of mountains (unlike Cumbria) and that the "lakes" are really reservoirs. The area really (really! honest!) is a "secret" — it can be a surpise to first-time visitors even from the south of Sheffield, especially when thay realise that this area is not only officially part of Sheffield, but that it is also in the Peak District. It is very well served (right until pub closing time) by a circular bus route from Hillsborough interchange (tram from the city centre): ask for Upper Bradfield, Lower Bradfield, or Dungworth (yep, that's what it's called!).

• Matlock (shops), Matlock Bath (riverside walks, a "seaside prom", and a cable car), and Cromford (Arkwright's Mill, the first factory !) are closer to Chesterfield, but are easily reached by car from Sheffield.

Other country areas near Sheffield

• The South Pennines will look familiar to anyone who has seen "Last of the Summer Wine". Holmfirth is 40 minutes drive away (direct bus on Sundays) for anyone who wants to see Compo's cafe (actually, an excellent "sit down chippy") or Nora Batty's step, or just the stone buildings of Holmfirth set in a beautiful green valley surrounded by rolling hills.

• The Dukeries of north Nottinghamshire is an area of country parks and stately homes.

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