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Museum
Weston Park Museum
Sheffield's largest museum, opened in 1875 in Weston Park, with free entry; closed on Mondays.
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University, Botanical Gardens and the Porter Valley: things to do
Places worth your time in University, Botanical Gardens and the Porter Valley
Top places
Things to do in University, Botanical Gardens and the Porter Valley
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Park
Weston Park
Grade II listed park of just over 5 hectares beside the museum and the University of Sheffield.
Memorial
York and Lancaster Regiment War Memorial
Memorial of 1923 in Weston Park to the 8,814 members of the regiment who died in the First World War.
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University building
Firth Court
Grade II listed Edwardian red-brick building, the University of Sheffield's main administrative centre, on Western Bank.
Park
Crookes Valley Park
Public parkland in Crookesmoor, one of the three Crookesmoor parks with Weston Park and the Ponderosa.
Museum
Turner Museum of Glass
University museum of glass from ancient Egypt and Rome to 20th-century European and American makers.
Park
Devonshire Green
The only large green space in the city centre, about 9,000 square metres in the Devonshire Quarter.
Church
St Mark's Church, Broomhill
Grade II listed Church of England parish church serving Broomhill and Broomhall.
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Botanic garden
Sheffield Botanical Gardens
Grade II listed gardens off Ecclesall Road with about 5,000 plant species in 19 acres.
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Historic cemetery
Sheffield General Cemetery
Victorian cemetery of 1836, a Grade II* listed landscape and local nature reserve run by a community trust.
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Park
Endcliffe Park
Park opened in 1887 for Queen Victoria's Jubilee, the first of the Porter Valley parks west of the centre.
Memorial
Mi Amigo memorial
Memorial in Endcliffe Park at the Second World War crash site of the US B-17 bomber Mi Amigo.
Park
Bingham Park
Next of the Porter Valley parks after Endcliffe Park, leading on to Whiteley Woods.
Museum
Shepherd Wheel Workshop
Former water-powered grinding workshop on the Porter Brook with a working 5.5 m water wheel; free.
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Sheffield
More areas to explore
20 sights · 27 places to eat
City Centre and the Winter Garden
A glasshouse, free galleries, the Crucible and two cathedrals within a short walk
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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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- University, Botanical Gardens and the Porter Valley (area photo): Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Weston Park Museum: Adrian Richardson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Weston Park: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- York and Lancaster Regiment War Memorial: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Firth Court: Paolo Margari from Sheffield, United Kingdom / Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Crookes Valley Park: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Turner Museum of Glass: Chemical Engineer, Public domain, source
- Devonshire Green: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- St Mark's Church, Broomhill: Ojwelch, CC0, source
- Sheffield Botanical Gardens: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sheffield General Cemetery: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Endcliffe Park: Shanerounce, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mi Amigo memorial: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bingham Park: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Shepherd Wheel Workshop: Warofdreams, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- City Centre and the Winter Garden: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Kelham Island and the River Don: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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