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Sheffield offers an array of options when it comes to short breaks. If cities and indulgence are your thing, Sheffield, with its fine dining, shopping and culture will be right up your street. Or if the outdoors and nature floats your boat, with the expansive Peak District and masses of outdoor attractions in the region, Sheffield offers every option to suit your needs.

For families, Yorkshire Wildlife Park offers a chance to get up close and personal with everyone’s favourite African desert creature, the meerkat, and at Tropical Butterfly House, Wildlife and Falconry Centre kids can encounter exotic creatures and marvel at thrilling displays of bird flight.

Energetic hikes across rugged moorland or gentle strolls through country lanes and pretty villages start right on the doorstep of bustling Sheffield and other lively, historic towns. Wentworth Castle offers just one of an array of superb, lovingly tended historic gardens which are spread across the open countryside, while wildlife refuges such as Potteric Carr or the RSPB’s Old Moor are havens for spring flowers, summer butterflies and some of the rarest birds.

Across the region, there is no better place to combine peace and quiet, high energy activity and inspiring sightseeing with a little bit of indulgence. Dramatic modern architecture in our city contrasts with a centuries-old heritage that embraces medieval gems such as the evocative 12th-century ruins of Roche Abbey and Monk Bretton, the imposing ramparts of Conisbrough Castle, relics of the Industrial Revolution at Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and more than 60 years of aviation and transport history at Aeroventure.