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Kelham Island: UK’s Best Urban Neighbourhood Ultimate Guide

Sheffield’s Kelham Island is the best up and coming area in the UK. It is full of traditional breweries and pubs, but also has...

James Hargreaves3 June 2020

Sheffield History

Hole in the Road: A Beloved Lost Landmark

A comprehensive history of the infamous Hole in the Road; A lost icon of 1960s subterranean urban planning. Branches of underpasses, converging into a...

James Hargreaves30 May 2020

Sheffield History

Redgates Toy Shop: A True Sheffield Legend

Before soul-less, cavernous warehouses of Toys-R-Us killed the mystique of the toy emporium, Sheffield had Redgates: the toy shop of all toy shops. The...

James Hargreaves25 May 2020

Sheffield Cableway: A Cable Car solution for the Steel City?

Sheffield Lifestyle

Sheffield Cableway: A Unique Idea For City’s Transport

Sheffield has been the subject of many crazy transport proposals in the past. Suggestions range from minicab stations to a monorail system — and even a...

James Hargreaves25 May 2020

Sheffield Ski Village's abandoned slopes

Sheffield History

Sheffield Ski Village: An Olympic Dreams Wasteland

Half of Team GB’s 2014 Winter Olympic freestyle skiing team trained at Sheffield Ski Village, now it’s an abandoned mess... It was the turn...

James Hargreaves24 May 2020

The Sheffield Monorail going over the Hole in the Road

Sheffield History

Sheffield’s Aborted Monorail Plans: What Happened?

Long before Supertram, Sheffield planned a Minitram monorail system. Back in the 1970s, Sheffield Metropolitan District Council explored methods to better connect various parts...

James Hargreaves22 May 2020