St Peter's Close

Taken on 30th October 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Gell Street Playground

Taken on 30th October 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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West One - Devonshire Quarter

Taken on 30th October 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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West One is a mixed-use development at the centre of the Devonshire Quarter in Sheffield. It comprises bars, restaurants and shops at ground-level (including the massive Vodka Revolution) and apartments housing over 1,000 people above, including a penthouse. It faces onto Devonshire Green, (restored in 2007) and provides easy access to the Moor and Division Street.

Paradise Square - Paradise Street

Taken on 30th October 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Paradise Square is a Georgian square in Sheffield. Located to the northwest of Sheffield Cathedral, the square is set on a slope and was formerly used for public meetings. Paradise Square was built in the 18th century on the site of Hicks stile-field, the stile being one of the entrances to the church-yard. The reason for the choice of the name Paradise Square is uncertain, but local historians speculated that it may be an allusion to the ancient use of Paradise or Parvis as the name for a garden or enclosed space near a church.

Arbourthorne Ponds - Eastern Avenue

Taken on 4th July 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Arbourthorne Pond is an urban pond on Eastern Avenue in the city and is well used by members of the public of all ages for fishing and other recreational activities such as family fun and fishing days and pond dipping sessions by local school children. The pond is owned and managed by Sheffield City Council and is run as an open access fishing site; where anglers need a national rod licence but do not have to pay to fish the pond.

Fairleigh - The Manor

Taken on 4th July 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Errington Crescent

Taken on 4th July 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Fretson Green - Fretson Road South

Taken on 4th July 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Fretson Green is a small ‘pocket’ park lying between Fretson Road South and Wulfric Road in Fairleigh in the Manor area of Sheffield. Built in 2001 as part of a new housing development the roads surrounding it were re-directed to create a completely new open space with the feel of a village green. The park is managed by Green Estate on behalf of Manor and Castle Development Trust who own the site and members of the maintenance crew, with trainees and volunteers, can be seen every day either doing litter picks, bed maintenance, mowing the grass or just checking to make sure everything is OK. The park is completely surrounded by railings and low walls with dog-grids and gates at entrances to provide a safe place to play or simply sit and enjoy the outdoors. A small playground has play equipment such as swings and a slide, but also a large sand-pit which is guaranteed to keep children busy for hours. Fretson Green provides a large array of planting with seasonal colour, hedges, trees and areas of mown grass for lying on or kicking a ball around. The paths are wide and flat allowing easy access for prams, pushchairs and wheelchairs and, with eleven benches to choose from, there is no shortage of places to have a rest.

Manor Fields Park - Queen Mary Road

Taken on 4th July 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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This park is a new development for the Manor and Castle area of Sheffield. It covers 25 hectares and forms an integral part of the overall regeneration of the area. Begun in 1999 and with a £2.5 million budget, Sheffield City Council, Environmental Planning & Landscape Design Team have delivered the programme in partnership with Sheffield Wildlife Trust and the Manor and Castle Development Trust under the management of a social enterprise titled the 'Green Estate Company'. Campbell Design & Engineering Ltd have been consultants throughout the project period, providing a major input into the creative design of entrances and secure boundary treatments. Their approach has focused on the site's rural and natural heritage, producing a range of contemporary sculptural steelwork combined with natural stone elements reflective of the geological landscape. The resulting design has transformed the once poor perceptions of the park, with safe, stylish and desirable gateways.

Kelham Island Museum

 

Taken on 27th June 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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The Kelham Island Museum is an industrial museum on Alma Street, alongside the River Don,  it was opened in 1982. The museum houses exhibitions on science and Sheffield industry, including examples of reconstructed little mesters' workshops and England's largest surviving Bessemer converter . The museum gives tours to local schools and has regular demonstrations of the 1905 River Don Engine, a 12,000 horsepower (9 MW) steam engine, which originally powered a local armour plate rolling mill. The engine is remarkable for its ability to change direction very quickly, a facet that was necessary for the efficient rolling of heavy steel. The engine rolled steel for nuclear reactors towards the end of its life (it was last used in production in 1974 at the River Don Works). The museum is operated by the Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust.

Alma Street - Kelham Island Brewery and Museum

 

Taken on 27th June 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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The Kelham Island Brewery is an independent brewery. The brewery currently owns one public house in Sheffield, the Fat Cat. The brewery was opened in 1990 on purpose-built premises on Alma Street by the owner of the Fat Cat public house, and has acquired a reputation for producing fine cask ales such as Kelham Gold and Pale Rider. Pale Rider won the "Champion Beer of Britain" award at the 2004 Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) organised Great British Beer Festival. It is also being brewed at a different brewery affiliated with the Kelham Island Brewery to cope with the heavy demand for this beer after winning the title. The brewery is situated next to the Kelham Island Industrial Museum.

Irwin Mitchell Solicitors - Millsands

 

Taken on 27th June 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Millsands is an area of Sheffield down by the River Don which has been redeveloped with Offices and Flats. The area hit the news in June 2007 when the area was badly affected by the floods. The offices are occupied by Irwin Mitchell Solicitors and the UK Border Agency.

The Globe Works - Penistone Road

 

Taken on 27th June 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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The Globe Works are a former cutlery factory situated on Penistone Road / Green Lane.  The Works are a Grade II Listed Building which in the late 1980s were renovated to provide modern office space. It is part of the Kelham Island Conservation Area. The Globe Works were built in 1825 by the architects Henry and William Ibbotson for the edge tool manufacturers Ibbotson & Roebank. The Works are one of England’s oldest surviving cutlery and tool factories and were possibly the World’s first purpose built cutlery factory. When opened the Works produced steel, tools and cutlery on the one site in an integrated process driven by steam power. The Works has an ornamental façade frontage built in coarse square stone and brick in the Classical Revival style. The façade has two storeys with nine windows on each storey, the middle section is pedimented and this gives an additional half a storey to this section. Behind the ornamental façade were furnaces, a manager’s residence and a courtyard which was surrounded by many small workshops in which numerous Little mesters were employed.

Victoria Quays

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Sheffield Canal Basin, now known as Victoria Quays, is at the head of the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal, close to the City Centre. The basin dates from 1814, when the canal opened to connect with the River Don Navigation, allowing canal boats to reach the heart of Sheffield for the first time. The basin was a busy, thriving transhipment point for many years, but trade declined as more goods were moved by rail and later by road. By the 1970s, it had declined into a forlorn and unwelcoming state, with the warehouses becoming dilapidated. The whole area received a new lease of life in the 1990s, when the warehouses were restored and new buildings were added. The Sheaf works were turned into a pub, the derelict railway arches were converted into shop units and a marina was created on one side of the basin.

Blonk Street / Castlegate

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Castlegate was the main thoroughfare to and from Park Square to Wicker but it has been downgraded following the opening of the Sheffield Northern Relief Road. Castlegate, built along a portion of the River Don, was the old location of the slaughter houses, it currently houses the indoor markets, built in the 1960s to provide permanent accommodation to tradesmen and are now projected to be moved to The Moor where new bespoke buildings will be built. On the other side, a £13 million state-of-the-art office scheme has regenerated the central Riverside area.

The Wicker / Lady's Bridge

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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The Wicker is an arterial street in Sheffield, noted for its history and the Grade II listed Wicker Arches viaduct that crosses it.  It runs in a north-east to south-westerly direction between Lady's Bridge and Wicker Arches. For many years the Wicker was an A road, but it has been downgraded following the opening of the Sheffield Northern Relief Road.

The Wicker

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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The Wicker is an arterial street in Sheffield, noted for its history and the Grade II listed Wicker Arches viaduct that crosses it.  It runs in a north-east to south-westerly direction between Lady's Bridge and Wicker Arches. For many years the Wicker was an A road, but it has been downgraded following the opening of the Sheffield Northern Relief Road.

Fitzalan Square

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Fitzalan Square received a facelift during the summer of 2003. The Edward VII statue was cleaned, protected from pigeons, and lights added to illuminate it at night. New sandstone paving and steel benches were installed, the trees were pruned back and improved street lighting put in. The square contains two betting shops from national chains, a few insurance companies, amusement arcade and a small newsagents. In the inner part of the square there is also a fast food hut and a small police cabin. Sheffield's Head Post Office operated in the square for almost ninety years. Built in 1910 as an addition to the 1897 post office building on Flat Street, it closed in 1999.

Tudor Square

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Tudor Square is a public space built in 1991 and revamped in 2010, the square is home to the Crucible Theatre, Lyceum Theatre and the Sheffield Winter Gardens. Sheffield Central Library also borders the square, although only the Library Theatre part of the building can be directly accessed from it. The west side of the square is home to a range of pubs, bars and restaurants and The Ruskin Building.

Arundel Gate

Taken on 30th May 2010 with Pentax K10D 8mm Samyang Fisheye

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Arundel Gate runs to the rear of the St Pauls Tower (also called the City Lofts Tower or the Conran Tower), Novotel Hotel, Central Library, Lyceum and Crucible Theatres and has Sheffield Hallam University on the other side of the road. Arundel Gate was once a dual carriageway forming part of the ill fated urban city centre motorway, now downgraded to bus lanes and single file traffic.