Sheffield’s a big city – and it’s a city with a big past.
While visitors may come for many reasons ranging from its thriving nightlife to its beautiful parks and surrounding countryside, it has a rich history that some will be unaware of, with links to big names and important events.
Some of the city’s historic gems are well known. Others are less so.
We have put together a gallery of some of the city’s historical gems, ranging from royalty to heavy industry, all on your doorstep in this city.
We have put together a gallery of some of the city’s historical gems, ranging from royalty to heavy industry, all on your doorstep in this city.
13. Alfred Denny Museum
Alfred Denny Museum at Sheffield University. Curator Prof Tim Birkhead with a cast of the skull of a terror bird, one of the exhibits .The Alfred Denny Museum is usually open for pre-booked guided tours at 10am, 11am and 12pm on the first Saturday of each month. There are only 25 places per tour, so book early. It includes specimens from across the globe from all major types of creature including fossils and material of extinct animals, which demonstrate the diversity of animal life on earth. Photo: CHRIS LAWTON
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is an industrial museum next to Abbeydale Road, .on part of a former steel-working site on the River Sheaf, with a history going back centuries. Photo: Andrew Roe
Derwent Dam, near Sheffield, in North Derbyshire, was famous as the dam where the Dambusters of 617 Squadron trained ahead of their famous RAF raid in 1943 Photo: Bruce Rollinson