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Winter Garden
Temperate glasshouse opened in 2003 with more than 2,000 plants, one of the largest built in the UK in a century.
A mini guide to
City Centre and the Winter Garden: things to do
Places worth your time in City Centre and the Winter Garden
Top places
Things to do in City Centre and the Winter Garden
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Art gallery and museum
Millennium Gallery
Free gallery with Sheffield metalwork, the Guild of St George's Ruskin Collection and changing exhibitions; closed on Mondays.
Square
Peace Gardens
City-centre square with fountains in front of the Town Hall.
Historic building
Sheffield Town Hall
Grade I listed town hall on Pinstone Street, used by the city council, with a displayed silverware collection.
Theatre
Crucible Theatre
Theatre opened in 1971 and home of the World Snooker Championship since 1977.
Theatre
Lyceum Theatre
Theatre with 1,068 seats, part of Sheffield Theatres with the Crucible.
Square
Tudor Square
Square at the heart of Sheffield's theatre district, home to the Crucible and the Lyceum, metres from the Town Hall.
Concert hall
Sheffield City Hall
Grade II* listed concert hall on Barker's Pool, built and owned by the city council.
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Memorial
Sheffield War Memorial
Grade II* listed war memorial on Barker's Pool, south of the City Hall.
Sculpture
Women of Steel
Bronze by Martin Jennings, unveiled in 2016, honouring women who worked in Sheffield's steel industry in both world wars.
Cathedral
Sheffield Cathedral
Grade I listed Anglican cathedral of St Peter and St Paul on Church Street, a parish church raised to cathedral status in 1914.
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Cathedral
Cathedral Church of St Marie
Roman Catholic cathedral just off Fargate, with a 59 m spire, the tallest in Sheffield.
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Historic building
Cutlers' Hall
Grade II* listed hall of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire, opposite the cathedral on Church Street.
Square
Paradise Square
Sloping Georgian square north-west of the cathedral, once used for public meetings.
Chapel
Upper Chapel
Grade II listed Unitarian chapel on Norfolk Street, rooted in the Dissenters who left the parish church in 1662.
Museum
National Videogame Museum
Museum that exhibits contemporary and historic video games, in the city centre.
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Art gallery
Site Gallery
Contemporary art gallery for moving image, new media and performance on Brown Street in the Cultural Industries Quarter.
Cinema
Showroom Cinema
Independent cinema and café bar beside Sheaf Square, close to the station.
Square
Sheaf Square
Square outside Sheffield station, lined by the station, the Showroom Cinema and the Howard Hotel.
Listed housing estate
Park Hill
Grade II* listed concrete housing estate of 1957-61 on the hill above the station, renovated by Urban Splash.
Sheffield
More areas to explore
13 sights · 10 places to eat
Kelham Island and the River Don
Old cutlery and steel works by the river, an industrial museum and the canal basin
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14 sights · 27 places to eat
University, Botanical Gardens and the Porter Valley
Weston Park Museum, the Botanical Gardens and a chain of parks along the Porter Brook
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- City Centre and the Winter Garden (area photo): Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Peace Gardens: Christopher Hilton, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sheffield Town Hall: Acediscovery, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lyceum Theatre: Harry Mitchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tudor Square: dave hudson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sheffield City Hall: Enchufla Con Clave, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Women of Steel: Artaxerxes100, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sheffield Cathedral: Michael D Beckwith, CC BY 3.0, source
- Cathedral Church of St Marie: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Cutlers' Hall: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Paradise Square: David Hallam-Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Upper Chapel: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- National Videogame Museum: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Site Gallery: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- Showroom Cinema: Graham Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sheaf Square: Brendan De Souza, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Park Hill: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kelham Island and the River Don: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- University, Botanical Gardens and the Porter Valley: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits