Things to do in Sheffield

Sheffield has two large theatres, the Lyceum Theatre, and the Crucible Theatre, which, along with the smaller Studio Theatre, form the largest theatre complex outside of London, situated in Tudor Square.

The Crucible Theatre, a grade II listed building, is the home (since 1977) of the World Snooker Championships, which perceives most of Tudor Square and the neighbouring Winter Garden used for side events and hosts many well-known stage productions. The theatre received the Barclays ‘Theatre of the Year Award.’

Sheffield’s museums are overseen by two separate organisations. Museums Sheffield manages the Weston Park Museum (a Grade II* listed building), Millennium Galleries, and Graves Art Gallery. These museums are the city’s oldest existing museums, with the Graves Art Gallery and Weston Park Museum being gifts to the city by industrialist philanthropists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

The Millennium Galleries, which opened in the early 2000s, is one of the city’s newest museums and is part of the Heart of the City initiative, with direct access to the Winter Garden and Millennium Square.

Sheffield has a reported 4.5 million trees and recognised as the greenest city in Europe. There’s around 78 public parks and 10 public gardens in Sheffield, including 83 maintained parks (13 ‘City’ Parks, 20 ‘District’ Parks, and 50 ‘Local’ Parks) situated across the city.

Sheffield Botanical Gardens, located on a 19-acre location south-west of the city centre, was founded in 1836. Robert Marnock developed the gardens, which initially opened in 1836. The gardens’ most famous feature is the Grade II* listed glass pavilions, which were repaired and reopened in 2003. The main gateway, the south entry lodge, and a bear pit with an 8′ tall steel statue of an American Black Bear named Robert the Bear are among important structures.