Editing Sheffield (section)

==Landmarks and parks==
{{Main|Visitor attractions in Sheffield}}
[[Weston Park Museum]] is a museum telling the stories of Sheffield and its people. The museum was originally opened in 1875.<ref>{{cite web|publisher= Sheffield Museums |title=Western Park Museum |url=https://www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/visit-us/weston-park-museum/ |access-date= 28 May 2023}}</ref>

[[File:Weston Park Museum.jpg|thumb|[[Weston Park Museum]]]]

[[File:Bishops House 2011.jpg|right|thumb|[[Bishops' House]]]]

[[Bishops' House]] was built in 1500 and is a [[Listed Building|Grade II listed building]] which is now a museum.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harman |first1=R. |last2=Minnis |first2=J. |year=2004 |title=Pevsner City Guides: Sheffield |page=242 |publisher=New Haven & London: Yale University Press |isbn= 0-300-10585-1 <!--|access-date= 28 May 2023-->}}</ref>

The [[Sheffield Legends|Sheffield Walk of Fame]] in the City Centre honours famous Sheffield residents past and present in a similar way to the Hollywood version.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130114033746/http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/City-legends-honoured-by-walk.1400516.jp City legends honoured by walk of fame – News]. ''The Star''. Retrieved 24 August 2011.</ref> Sheffield also had its own Ferris Wheel known as the [[Wheel of Sheffield]], located atop Fargate shopping precinct. The Wheel was dismantled in October 2010 and moved to London's Hyde Park.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-11409368 |work=BBC News |title=Giant Sheffield wheel to leave city three months early |date=24 September 2010 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830045636/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-11409368 |archive-date=30 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Heeley City Farm and [[Graves Park]] are home to Sheffield's two farm animal collections, both of which are fully open to the public.<ref>[http://www.heeleyfarm.org.uk/ Home | Heeley City Farm] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722085329/http://www.heeleyfarm.org.uk/ |date=22 July 2009 }}. Heeleyfarm.org.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.gravesparksheffield.info/ Graves Park Sheffield] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804040610/http://www.gravesparksheffield.info/ |date=4 August 2010 }}. Gravesparksheffield.info. Retrieved 24 August 2011.</ref> Sheffield also has its own zoo; the Tropical Butterfly House, Wildlife & Falconry Centre.<ref>[http://www.butterflyhouse.co.uk/ Home | Tropical Butterfly House] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125055522/http://www.butterflyhouse.co.uk/ |date=25 January 2018 }}. butterflyhouse.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2018.</ref>

There are about [[Listed buildings in Sheffield|1,100&nbsp;listed buildings in Sheffield]] (including the whole of the [[S postcode area|Sheffield postal district]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/planning-and-city-development/urban-design--conservation/listed-buildings |title=Listed Buildings |publisher=Sheffield City Council |access-date=16 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724035620/http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/planning-and-city-development/urban-design--conservation/listed-buildings |archive-date=24 July 2010}}</ref> Of these, only five are Grade I listed. Sixty-seven are Grade II*, but the overwhelming majority are listed as Grade II.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/advanced-search?searchType=nhleadvancedsearch |title=The List – Advanced Search |publisher=Historic England |access-date=14 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721172942/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/advanced-search?searchType=nhleadvancedsearch |archive-date=21 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Compared to other English cities, Sheffield has few buildings with the highest Grade I listing: [[Liverpool]], for example, has [[Listed buildings in Liverpool|26 Grade I]] [[listed building]]s. This situation led the noted architecture historian [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], writing in 1959, to comment that the city was "architecturally a miserable disappointment", with no pre-19th-century buildings of any distinction.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harman |first1=R. |last2=Minnis |first2=J. |title=Pevsner City Guides: Sheffield |publisher=Yale University Press |page=3 |isbn=0-300-10585-1 |year=2004}}</ref> By contrast, in November 2007, Sheffield's Peace and Winter Gardens beat London's South Bank to gain the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]]' Academy of Urbanism "Great Place" Award, as an "outstanding example of how cities can be improved, to make urban spaces as attractive and accessible as possible".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/nov/10/architecture.arts |title=Sheffield honoured |date=10 November 2007 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media Limited |access-date=21 June 2009 |first=Duncan |last=Campbell |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304220932/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/nov/10/architecture.arts |archive-date=4 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the summer of 2016 a public art event across the city occurred called the [[Herd of Sheffield]] which raised £410,000 for the [[Sheffield Children's Hospital]].<ref name="herd">{{cite news |title="Herd of Sheffield" elephants stampede into city |work=BBC News |date=11 July 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-36763742 |access-date=20 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009080341/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-36763742 |archive-date=9 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Greenspace===
[[File:Sheffield_Botanical_Gardens.jpg|thumb|[[Sheffield Botanical Gardens]]]]
Sheffield has a reputed 4.5&nbsp;million trees<ref name="GEO_treecount"/> and is considered to be one of the greenest cities in England and the UK.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/trees--woodlands |title=Trees & Woodlands in Sheffield |publisher=Sheffield City Council |date=January 2010 |access-date=4 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060910010402/http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/trees--woodlands |archive-date=10 September 2006}}</ref><ref name="The four best UK cities for green space"/> There are many parks and woods throughout the city and beyond. Containing more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens, there are around 78 public parks and 10 public gardens in Sheffield,<ref name="sheffgeog"/> including 83 managed parks (13 'City' Parks, 20 'District' Parks and 50 'Local' Parks) located throughout the city.<ref name="About the Parks & Countryside Service">{{cite web |title=About the Parks & Countryside Service |url=https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/parks-sport-recreation/parks-countryside-service.html |website=Sheffield City Council |access-date=25 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325232600/https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/parks-sport-recreation/parks-countryside-service.html |archive-date=25 March 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Included in the city parks category are 3 of Sheffield's 6 public gardens (the [[Sheffield Botanical Gardens]], the [[Peace Gardens]] and Hillsborough Walled Gardens, with the [[Sheffield Winter Gardens]], [[Beauchief Gardens]] and Lynwood Gardens being the separate entities).

The Sheffield Botanical Gardens are on a 19-acre site located to the south-west of the city centre and date back to 1836. The site includes a large, Grade II listed, Victorian era [[Greenhouse|glasshouse]]. The Peace Gardens, neighboured next to the [[Sheffield Town Hall|Town Hall]] and forming part of the Heart of the City project, occupy a {{cvt|0.67|hectare||}} site in the centre of the city. The site is dominated by its water features, principal among which is the Goodwin Fountain. Made up of 89 individual jets of water, this fountain lies at the corner of the quarter-circle shaped Peace Gardens and is named after [[Stuart Goodwin]], a notable Sheffield industrialist. Since their redevelopment in 1998, the Peace gardens have received a number of regional and national accolades.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/gardens/the-peace-gardens/peace-gardens-awards |title=Sheffield City Council – Peace Gardens Awards |publisher=Sheffield.gov.uk |date=4 April 2012 |access-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002158/https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/gardens/the-peace-gardens/peace-gardens-awards |archive-date=5 October 2013}}</ref> Hillsborough Walled Garden is located in [[Hillsborough Park]], to the north-west of the city centre. The gardens date back to 1779 and have been dedicated to the victims of the [[Hillsborough Disaster]] since the redevelopment of the gardens in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hillsborough Walled Garden at Hillsborough Park |url=http://www.sheffield.visitor-centre.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=3&feature=2&venue=2164052 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218090847/http://www.sheffield.visitor-centre.co.uk/thedms.aspx?dms=3&feature=2&venue=2164052 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 February 2018 |website=sheffield.visitor-centre.co.uk |access-date=17 February 2018}}</ref> [[Sheffield Winter Garden|The Winter Garden]], lying within the [[Heart of the City (development)|Heart of the City]], is a large wood framed, glass skinned [[greenhouse]] housing some 2,500 plants from around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/gardens/the-winter-garden |title=Sheffield City Council – The Winter Garden |publisher=Sheffield.gov.uk |date=2 July 2012 |access-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005021615/https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/gardens/the-winter-garden |archive-date=5 October 2013}}</ref>

Also within the city there are a number of [[nature reserves]] which when combined occupy {{cvt|1600|acre|km2}} of land.<ref name="sheffield1">{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/trees--woodlands/about-the-trees--woodlands-section |title=Sheffield City Council – About Us – Woodlands and Countryside Section |publisher=Sheffield.gov.uk |date=2 May 2013 |access-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005043344/https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/parks-woodlands--countryside/trees--woodlands/about-the-trees--woodlands-section |archive-date=5 October 2013}}</ref> There are also 170 [[woodland]] areas within the city, 80 of which are classed as ancient.<ref name="sheffield1"/>

The south-west boundary of the city overlaps with the [[Peak District|Peak District National Park]], the first national park in England (est. 1951).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/79241/factsheet1-peakdistrictnationalpark.pdf |title=Peak district fact sheet |access-date=3 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511202314/http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/79241/factsheet1-peakdistrictnationalpark.pdf |archive-date=11 May 2013}}</ref> As a consequence, several communities actually reside within both entities. The Peak District is home to many notable, natural, features and also human-made features such as [[Chatsworth House]], the setting for the BBC series ''[[Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)|Pride and Prejudice]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chatsworth.org/visiting/filming-at-chatsworth/pride-and-prejudice |title=Pride and Prejudice |publisher=Chatsworth |access-date=13 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014172351/http://www.chatsworth.org/visiting/filming-at-chatsworth/pride-and-prejudice |archive-date=14 October 2013}}</ref>

[[Sheffield City Council]] has created a new chain of parks spanning the hillside behind [[Sheffield Station]]. The park, known as Sheaf Valley Park, has an open-air amphitheatre and will include an arboretum.<ref name="sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk">{{cite news |url=http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/medieval_deer_park_set_for_greener_future_1_1607808 |title=Medieval deer park set for greener future |newspaper=Sheffield Telegraph |date=23 September 2010 |access-date=3 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215435/http://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/news/local/medieval_deer_park_set_for_greener_future_1_1607808 |archive-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The site was once home to a medieval deer park, latterly owned by the [[Norfolk Heritage Park|Duke of Norfolk]].<ref name="sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk"/>

===Theatres===
[[File:Sheffield Theatres.jpg|thumb|The [[Crucible Theatre]] (centre) and Lyceum Theatre (right)]]
Sheffield has two large theatres, the [[Lyceum Theatre (Sheffield)|Lyceum Theatre]] and the [[Crucible Theatre]], which together with the smaller [[Studio Theatre (Sheffield)|Studio Theatre]] make up the largest theatre complex outside London, located in [[Tudor Square]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/creativedevelopmentprogramme/corporate_learning.asp |title=Sheffield Theatres Education : Corporate Learning |access-date=24 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927224100/http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/creativedevelopmentprogramme/corporate_learning.asp |archive-date=27 September 2011 |publisher=Sheffield Theatres}}</ref> The Crucible Theatre, a grade II listed building, is the home (since 1977) of the [[World Snooker Championships]], which sees most of Tudor Square and the adjoining Winter Garden used for side events, and hosts many well-known stage productions throughout the year from local, national and international performance groups. The theatre was awarded the Barclays 'Theatre of the Year Award' in 2001. Between 2007 and 2009, the theatre underwent a £15&nbsp;million refurbishment during which time major internal and external improvements were carried out. The Lyceum, which opened in 1897, serves as a venue for touring [[West End theatre|West End productions]] and operas by [[Opera North]], as well as locally produced shows. Sheffield also has the Montgomery Theatre, a small 420 seater theatre located a short distance from Tudor Square, opposite the town hall on Surrey Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.montgomerytheatre.org.uk/ |title=Home &#124; The Montgomery |publisher=Montgomerytheatre.org.uk |access-date=3 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102024544/http://www.montgomerytheatre.org.uk/ |archive-date=2 November 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> There are also a large number of smaller amateur theatres scattered throughout the city.