A day visiting Sheffield – England

The city of Sheffield is about 1.5 hours south of Manchester. You have to cross the Peak District National Park to reach it. I had often heard people around me talking about Sheffield but I did not know what to expect when I went to visit this city.

One Saturday morning we decided to go to visit Sheffield. We started with the botanical garden, which is located outside the city centre. The botanical garden opened in 1836 and covers 19 acres of land. There are large greenhouses to visit, which are free to access. The garden is very well maintained and full of flowers and plants of all colours. It is very pleasant to walk in this park especially that it is not too busy. For photography lovers you will really enjoy it.

Then we headed towards the city centre of Sheffield. It was lunchtime and we found a great vegetarian / vegan restaurant. The Blue Moon, near the cathedral, looks like a school canteen. Its menu changes every day. The dishes are very well cooked and the cakes exquisite all for a reasonable price. They even serve beers and cider. 

We began the afternoon by visiting the cathedral where we could listen a monk playing the organ. Then we wandered in the streets towards the Winter Garden. The winter garden, opened in 2003, is a large glasshouse that includes about 2000 plants from around the world. In the winter garden there is also the Millenium Gallery. This museum has a small collection of paintings and other historical objects.

Then we continued our walk in the streets until reaching the town hall and the shopping streets. Sheffield is very popular on Saturdays, the shops and pubs are full and the city centre is very much like Manchester. 

In conclusion, we enjoyed the botanical garden and the winter garden. But the city is quite small and there is not much to do except shopping.

Do you know Sheffield? What do you think?


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14 thoughts on “A day visiting Sheffield – England

  1. j’ai un mauvais a priori de Sheffield, je l’imagine très industrielle…du coup je n’y suis jamais allée (j’avais le même a priori sur Leeds et j’ai pourtant beaucoup aimé)

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      1. I love the winter gardens. Cocoa for hot chocolate it is like melted chocolate. I like doing Brewary yours at the end of days when visiting cities I have done them in Amsterdam and Prague. Sheffield has lots of breweries so choice of tours.

        You learn more about the Sheffield the longer you spend here which may not be obvious at first.

        I do love winter gardens. Western park museum is interesting they have permanent exhibits about Sheffield past, natural history and get good temporary exhibitions, in summer they had exhibit of dolls houses.

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