Anne de Buck gives her view on visiting Sheffield for the first time and taking in some of the nature and culture that is on offer here.
Sheffield’s visitor economy reached new heights in 2024, generating a record-breaking £1.85 billion – a 10% increase on the previous year and a full recovery from the impact of the pandemic.
As the hospitality scene has gone from strength to strength in Kelham Island, more retail too is now also beginning to pop up across the district.
The No Bounds 2022 program leads with major pieces of work exploring new technologies, yet with a collective and collaborative approach, as well as cross continental musical dialogues. Here's Liam O'Shea, festival director, with more information.
Gritstone Adventure Activities was founded in the Peak District in 2013 to empower people wishing to improve their outdoor skills or simply to allow people to escape into Britain’s spectacular countryside for fun and adventure. They provide high quality, expertly staffed outdoor activities in rock climbing, caving, abseiling, trekking, mountain biking, gorge scrambling, Canoeing, Water Sports and more.
Meet Roger, one of our team of High Street specialists. He’s regularly out and about in Hillsborough and Stocksbridge.
Sheffield has the second largest theatre complex in the country after London - and we have a number of productions which have gone south to the capital as well as across the pond, such as Everybody's Talking About Jamie, The Life of Pi, and Standing At The Sky's Edge.
Set over two floors, Piccolos is a quality, authentic family run restaurant, established in 1998 and located on West Street in the heart of Sheffield. A cosy, intimate atmosphere prevails in the traditionally decorated dining rooms, allowing you to relax and be taken care of by staff that pride themselves on looking after customers and offering that personal touch.
At the Howard in Sheffield, you’ll always be met with a warm welcome and a great beer. Everyone is welcome here, so why not get your friends together for a nice mid-week lunch? Or swing by after work for a night off cooking and let them do the washing up.
Specialising in beer and bao buns, SALT Sheffield is one of the taprooms for Yorkshire brewery. The brewery is named after the pioneering industrialist who built the village that SALT first called home, so it's fitting that their Sheffield brew bar is also based in historic Kelham Island.