Sheffield Attractions and Things To Do in Yorkshire

Adventure And Active

Ice Sheffield

Ice Sheffield offers family and children's sessions, as well as ice skating lessons, ice hockey classes and during term time, curling sessions.

Depot Climbing Sheffield

Over 1400 metre square of climbing wall, large variety of climbing holds and regularly changed routes. Cafe, gym and shop.

Awesome Walls Sheffield was the first ever climbing centre to be awarded ‘National Performance Centre’ status by the British Mountaineering Council. We’re proud to provide the biggest climbing walls encompassing the widest variety of angles and styles of climbs for customers.

Hillsborough Pump Track

Designed for all ages and abilities, includes a main, fully tarmacked pump track, learn to ride area and an early riders’ track. It is open every day and is free to use for all.

Bolehills BMX Track

Sheffield
Full size BMX track with jumps ranging from small and mellow all the way up to trails. Inner pumptrack with loads of tight rollers and berms for balance bikes all the way up to professional riders.

Parkwood Karting Sheffield

Sheffield's exhilarating 470 metre floodlit outdoor tarmac track. Racing at up to 45 MPH our 270cc petrol karts will blow you away! We guarantee the whole track exclusive to you when booking selected races. Wet or dry weather, day or night.

Ringinglow Archery - Air Rifles

After a safety briefing we will get you shooting safely and accurately with a range of paper or knock down targets to test you aim! Your session will be led by a Qualified Tutor with a wealth of experience to ensure you get the most out of your time.

BattleAxe Sheffield

Sheffield's AXE-citing yet slightly crazy leisure activity ... Urban Axe Throwing, yes really you read that right...AXES!!! Ever played darts? Who hasn't right? Well this is darts but with axes.

Valhalla Sheffield

Think a cross between archery and darts, but with axes! At our indoor range, our instructors will have you sinking axe blades into the wooden rounds in no time. It’s not a question of strength, but a matter of skill..

Altitude Sheffield

An action-packed high ropes adventure course is a great attraction for people of all ages. Take each of the challenges head on as you work your way around the 34 obstacles including rope bridges, scramble nets, before taking the plunge at the end with our exhilarating 30 foot leap of faith.

Ride Sheffield

Ride Sheffield is a group that uses the collective might of Sheffield’s mountain bike community to improve, preserve and promote access interests for mountain bikers. Want to bike in or around the city, check out their pages and the trails they manage.

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Animal Attractions

Whirlow Hall Farm

Sheffield, South Yorkshire
The Play Area is open whenever the cafe is - currently Wed-Sun 10am to 4pm · At weekends - Tractor tours with Farmer John and fantastic old hen house to explore.

Heeley city Farm

Sheffield, South Yorkshire
A friendly farm and environmental visitor centre in Heeley. The Farm is a certified rare breeds centre, they have a small animal house and a variety of bird species.

Wild Sheffield Reserves

From meadows and reedbeds to woodlands and beaches, nature reserves are protected places where wildlife can live and ultimately thrive. Our nature reserves in Sheffield and Rotherham are managed by our dedicated conservation teams. We protect, restore and create a mix of habitats where wildlife can flourish.

Tropical Butterfly House and Falconry Centre

Experience and fun and wild family day out at Tropical Butterfly House. Falconry and Wildlife Centre in Sheffield.

Mayfield Alpaca & Animal Park

Mayfield Alpacas Animal Park in Sheffield offers a fantastic day out for all the family. With our wide range of animals, from alpacas and reindeers to meerkats and exotic birds, our park is an exciting and educational day that everyone can enjoy.

Grenoside Equestrian Centre Woodland Hacks

Spend a relaxing time hacking into the local woods and beyond. Whether you are just starting out as a rider or more experienced, we offer 1/2 hour rides for total beginners to 2-hour rides for advanced riders.

Shatland Pony staring straight into the camera, pony is tan and white, a second white shetland pony is in the background.

Graves Park Animal Farm

Graves Park Animal Farm provides a popular home to some of the rarest breeds of farm animals in the country. You can get up close and personal with Tamworth pigs, Highland cattle and Jacob sheep, plus goats, donkeys, waterfowl and many more.

Art & Galleries

Millennium Gallery

The Millennium Gallery is the permanent home of Sheffield’s unique Metalwork Collection and Ruskin Collection of art and artefacts and plays host to major temporary exhibitions of art, craft, fashion and design.

Site Gallery

Site Gallery is Sheffield’s international contemporary art space, specialising in moving image, new media and performance.

Graves Gallery

The gallery is located above the Central Library in Sheffield city centre. It houses permanent displays from the city’s historic and contemporary collection of British and European art along with a programme of temporary exhibitions.

Millennium Gallery

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Entertainment Venues

Sheffield City Hall

Since 1932 City Hall has played host to some of the most famous names of the 20th century and it continues to be an exciting entertainment and arts venue. Many world famous artists have also appeared at City Hall as well as providing a home for many local and community events.

Sheffield Arena

Sheffield Arena hosts the worlds most legendary musical superstars & the world's biggest sporting greats, from trophy winning Sheffield Steelers to boxing world title fights and darts heroes like Phil 'The Power' Taylor.

Showroom cinema Sheffield

Sheffield’s independent cinema, café bar and creative workspace. Housed in a former 1930s' car showroom, Showroom are a unique cultural hub situated in the heart of Sheffield's Cultural Industries Quarter.

Lyeceum Theatre

The Lyeceum in Sheffield is a restored Edwardian theatre, which hosts touring west end shows and a range of local productions.

Crucible, Sheffield

The Crucible is the main stage for produced work as well as hosting the annual World Snooker Championships. The performance area is a thrust stage which extends into the auditorium, enabling the audience to watch action on three sides.

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Food and Drink Attractions

Our Cow Molly Ice Cream Parlour

Come up to the farm for an ice cream cone or an ice cream sundae! Sit in our ice cream parlour, or on one of our benches and enjoy the view. Or or just pop in and pick up some ice cream in a tub for your tea.

Sheffield Cheesemasters

Sheffield Cheesemasters are an artisan urban cheese maker based in sheffield. Milk is supplied by a local farm. Little Mester is a young, fresh cheese but packed with flavour.

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Family Attractions

Food and Drink

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Free Attractions

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Fun and Theme Parks

Free Thing To Do

Hillsborough Pump Track

Designed for all ages and abilities, includes a main, fully tarmacked pump track, learn to ride area and an early riders’ track. It is open every day and is free to use for all.

Journey To Hidden Places - Sheffield

Discover outdoor art in the Firth Park and Wincobank suburbs. Including the Lost Gateway in an ancient wood, the Star Crossed Queen, boxer Brendan Ingle’s Glove Garden, and the Enchanted Chairs.

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Fun

Paradise Island Adventure Golf

We've got 2 Adventure Golf courses taking up over 14,000 sq/ft over 2 levels! This adventure takes you from the boat at the Caribbean Quay, through mysterious sea caves before being marooned on a desert island full of exotic palm trees and mystical jungle ruins!

Golf Fang, Sheffield

Not your average crazy golf course and don’t do things by half! With 18 holes of pure entertainment in an environment surrounded by bespoke art, giving you something new to explore and be inspired by at every turn.

Crack The Code

Sheffield, South Yorkshire
If you’re looking for a completely original, escape room experience, you’ve come to the right place! Crack the Code offers not only a thrilling and tense experience, but one which flaunts ingenuity and flair.

Escape Sheffield

Be locked up in a mysterious escape room, use your powers of observation and problem solving you and your team will have to work together to escape and achieve any targets set by the room.

Playmania Sheffield

Playmania is an award winning soft play centre, with all the usual slides, ball pits and play fun, plus interactive garage and supermarket areas. These areas offer learning development through interactive play.

Jump Inc Sheffield

Sheffield Jump Inc is one of the largest dedicated trampoline parks in the UK, with over 24,000 square foot of spring loaded fun under one roof! The giant warehouse playground is literally wall-to-wall trampolines, so you can bounce and boing to your heart’s content

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Historic Buildings

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is a unique eighteenth century industrial works. Catch a glimpse of life at home and at work at a rural scythe and steelworks dating back to the 18th century.

Kelham Island Museum

Located in one of the city’s oldest industrial districts, the museum stands on a man-made island over 900 years old. Kelham Island Museum was opened in 1982 to house the objects, pictures and archive material representing Sheffield’s industrial story.

Sheffield Manor Lodge

The remains of Sheffield Manor Lodge include parts of the kitchens, long gallery, and the Turret House which contains fine sixteenth-century ceilings. Perennial meadows create meandering pathways within the ruins with shots of annual colour popping throughout.

Sheffield Cathedral

The cathedral is located on Church Street in the city centre, close to the head of Fargate. Construction of the earliest section of the cathedral dates back to c. 1200, with the newest construction completed in 1966; the building is an unusual mixture of medieval and modern architecture.

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Sports and Leisure

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Transport and Railway Attractions

Museums

Yorkshire Natural History Museum

Located in Sheffield, the Yorkshire Natural History Museum has artifacts based on the paleontology, botany and geology of Yorkshire – meaning fossils, plants and the structure from the area. Plus a large collection of artifacts based on Yorkshire’s fossils through time.

National Emergency Services Museum

The National Emergency Services Museum is housed in a unique Victorian combined Police, Fire and Ambulance station in Sheffield City Centre. With over a million items in the collection and over 60 vehicles on-site we tell the stories of the Emergency Services and society through dynamic, interactive and hands-on displays, exhibitions and events.

Shepherds Wheel

Set in the picturesque valley of the Porter Brook, Shepherd Wheel is a unique working example of Sheffield's knife grinding industry. It was one of many small water-powered grinding workshops along Sheffield's rivers.

National Videogame Museum

The UK’s national cultural centre for videogames. Here, you can explore how they are made, who makes them, and even why they are made. You can play them and make them. You can attend workshops to learn how they are made. You can discover careers within the UK’s fastest growing creative industry.

Weston Park Museum, Sheffield

Weston Park Museum has primarily focuses on the fascinating history of Sheffield, from the archeological discoveries through to modern day. there are also permanent displays on Egypt and Natural Hsitory.

Outdoor Spaces

Sheffield Winter Gardens

One of the largest temperate glasshouses to be built in the UK during the last hundred years has created a stunning green world in the heart of Sheffield city. The Winter Garden provides visitors with a unique experience in the city centre. There are more than 2,500 plants from around the world creating a superb display.

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Rail and Transport Attractions

Kelham Island Museum

Kelham Island Museum was opened in 1982 to house the objects, pictures and archive material representing Sheffield’s industrial story. Including some of the finest Sheffield-made vehicles of the 1920s, The Charlesworth Transport Gallery explores the story of transport in Sheffield and its essential part of our industrial history.

National Emergency Services Museum

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Sightseeing and Tours

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Sports and Leisure

Russells Bike Hire

Bike hire in Sheffield for a fun way to explore the city. Hybrid, Electric and tandem bikes available.

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What's On Sheffield

Major Events and Festivals in Sheffield