Best Beer Gardens

Being both a Beer City and The Outdoor City, rest assured Sheffield isn’t short of pubs with great beer gardens! With surprising urban gardens to great vistas of the Peak District, these pubs certainly offer unique settings to enjoy a pint in the sunshine.

Gritstone Adventure Activities

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.

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J G Graves Woodland Discovery Centre

Set in the extensive and beautiful Ecclesall Woods, the J.G Graves Woodland Discovery Centre is named after the Sheffield philanthropist who helped purchase the woodland in 1927 and is the perfect indoor/outdoor venue for a wide variety of events.

Wortley Golf Club

Wortley Golf Club is a picturesque parkland course set in the tranquil, natural woodland surrounds of the historic Wharncliffe Estate. The club was founded in 1894 and to this day remains a unique oasis of peace, set against a backdrop of the pleasant sights and sounds of nature. Wortley is undoubtedly a hidden gem amongst the golf courses of South Yorkshire. Here you will find a traditional golf club with a truly modern outlook. 

Sheffield’s City Farms

If you're looking for a great family outing or you're just an absolute animal lover, Sheffield has some fantastic farms in and around the city, where you can visit and meet a host of furry friends.

Will4Adventure

Ideal for the novice or the budding mountaineer Sheffield-based company Will4Adventure provide adventures, activities and courses for individuals, groups and families in the Peak District and beyond. Guided walks and Free Walking Weekends, Rock Climbing, Map and Compass Skills courses, Scrambling Weekends and Courses in Snowdonia and the Lake District, plus Outdoor First Aid training, and a niche selection of overseas Trekking Holidays. Also, they  offer their  very own unique and powerful…

A woodland art gallery

Twenty minutes' drive from Sheffield city centre, between the trees of Storrs Wood, lies Stoneface Creative - a hidden outdoor art gallery.

Outdoor Cityzens: Looking after our world

We have 61% greenspace within our borders, we have more trees per person than any other city in Europe, we have over 800 managed greenspaces across 4,000 hectares of land, and it’s recently coming to light that we have more peatland bog than any other city too (which tops the charts for carbon capture). These facts are a source of great pride, but come with a duty to look after what we have.

Sheffield walking groups

Sheffield is spoilt for choice when it comes to walking groups. Here are a few of them.