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Over the years Sheffield’s high street has seen countless changes, but one thing always remains - the city’s love of pubs.
With two Wetherspoons only a stone’s throw away from one another, and a top-rated pub nestled inside the train station, the city has managed to sustain a thriving hospitality industry despite ongoing problems across the sector post-Covid.
And as with all things in the Steel City, a lot of the success grew out of the area’s industrial heritage.
So here are 10 of CAMRA’s best-rated heritage venues, and how they came to be.
5. White Lion; 615 London Road, Heeley, S2 4HT
People will say that this distinctly historic pub was established in 1781, and while this may technically be true, the roadside structure that is visited today was actually built almost 100 years later. Years of respectful refurbishments have helped keep this venue feeling like the perfect blend of the old and the new, and it stands as one of only four pubs in Sheffield to have continuously used handpumps since 1975. | CAMRA Photo: CAMRA
6. Princess Royal; 43 Slinn Street, (corner of Bates Street) S10 1NW
Stepping into this pub is akin to stepping into the past, with plenty of decorations from 1949 still standing proud. Its current structure was designed in the 1920s and to this day features of the time like wall panels and floor mosaics still welcome customers. But everything from the bar to the backings were installed during a renovations in 1949 and remain mostly unchanged. | CAMRA Photo: CAMRA
7. Wellington; 1 Henry St, Netherthorpe/Shalesmoor, S3 7EQ
The Wellington hasn’t had the easiest of lives, built in 1839 but facing plenty of hardships around 150 years later when the pub became run down and many of its original features were hidden. But in 1993, when the establishment became a free house under the control of Neil and Sheila Clarke, things began to improve, as the pub-loving pair helped restore and renovate the old building. | CAMRA Photo: CAMRA
8. New Barrack Tavern; Hillsborough
While first built in 1852, the corner pub was re-built from the ground up in 1936 following the demolition of the original stone corner terrace. Other than the removal of the outside toilets, the inviting bar people drink in today is laid out in the exact same fashion as it was during the reconstruction almost a century ago. | CAMRA Photo: CAMRA