Sheffield has set an ambitious target of becoming a net zero carbon city by 2030. The Sheffield Convention Bureau is here to help your meeting run in a more sustainable way, achieve your green objectives and leave a positive legacy for your delegates and residents of the city.
Peaks of Colour is a walking club created by Sheffield journalist and activist Evie Muir, providing a safe space for people of colour to access Sheffield’s green spaces.
As the Organisers of the Cycle City Active City conference prepare for the event to open at Sheffield City Hall tomorrow, Russell Cutts, owner of Russell’s Bicycle Shed, Sheffield has this morning taken to the streets on one of his e-cargo bikes to make a collection from a very special Sheffield location and deliver to the conference venue.
Sheffield has been successfully awarded the full amount requested from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund, with £20m allocated to redeveloping historic Castlegate, as well as £17m for investment in Attercliffe.
Whether you love basing your weekend away around a national tour, prefer to rock up at a local joint and check out whatever happens to be on offer, or you're a band/artist playing one of our venues or festivals, then you'll feel right at home here.
Sheffield is spoilt for choice when it comes to walking groups. Here are a few of them.
We have 61% greenspace here, which is the highest percentage of any city in the world. Everywhere is walkable, and 1/3 of the city is in the Peak District National Park, meaning Sheffield is a destination for boulders, climbers, MTBers and runners in its own right. But none of this excludes the culture, cuisine, nightlife and feel that you get from the country's 4th largest city. Ultimately, we think we've got the best of both worlds, smashed together in one amazing place.
Our outdoor city is inspiring other major cities across the world, in the inclusion and development of outdoors as part of their identities, while also striving to solve climate, sustainability and nature challenges faced by the world.
The moorland in and around south-western Sheffield acts as a link between the city itself and the wider Peak District National Park. Much of this vast space, that lies within the city boundary, is in public or charitable ownership and as such is accessible and well-maintained and has vast species of flora and fauna, including red deer.
The Millennium Gallery is just a 10-minute walk from Sheffield Train Station. Situated right in the city centre, it’s surrounded by hotels, bars, restaurants, shopping, car parks and easy transport links. Its galleries, showcasing the very best in art and design, neighbour the lush greenery of the Winter Garden, the largest urban glasshouse in Europe, and the picturesque Peace Gardens. The versatile Arundel and Cadman Rooms, with their removable partition wall, can be configured to meet the…