[20.07.2007] Sheffield has some amazing architecture and magnificent Victorian buildings and the City Hall which dominates the centre of the city is one of the grandest buildings of them all, yet surprisingly this building is not Victorian at all, but instead it is actually late Edwardian. The first stones, which came from the local Darley Dale quarry in Derbyshire, were not laid until the very end of the 1920's and the City Hall [more]

[17.07.2007] The Don Valley Stadium is a large leisure complex that is located 2 miles (3 kilometres) east of Sheffield City Centre. It opened in 1990 in time for the World Student Games, which took place in the City the following year. Since this time it has become a popular venue for sporting events, music concerts and exhibitions. It is also now well and truly established as a landmark in the City. The stadium is located in [more]

[17.07.2007] Roche Abbey lies approximately 13 miles (21 kilometres) to the east of Sheffield and 9 miles (14.5 kilometres) to the west of Doncaster in Maltby Beck, in South Yorkshire. Although the Abbey is now in ruins it is a place that is well worth a visit if you are ever in the area, and though it was one of lesser known Cistercian Abbeys of its era it is nonetheless a very typical example of a 12th century Abbey. Roche A [more]

[16.07.2007] Haddon Hall is an imposing English Country House situated near Bakewell, in the heart of the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire. It is probably the finest example of a fortified medieval manor house in existence, yet unlike the majority of similar houses this is not in the hands of the National Trust, but instead it is still owned and lived in by the same family that has owned it since 1567 when it became the [more]

[15.07.2007] The Rother Valley Country Park lies on the South Yorkshire and Derbyshire border between Sheffield and Rotherham. It covers an area of 740 acres which consists of lakes, woodlands and open spaces. The idea behind RVCP dates back to the 1960's and in 1972 a full feasibility study was undertaken during which the National Coal Board's plans for open cast mining in this area was discussed. Opencasting of the site [more]

[13.07.2007] The Castle Inn is one of several public houses that can be found in the Derbyshire town of Castleton in the Peak District National Park. It is located right in the heart of the town, at the bottom of the hillside where Peveril Castle is perched, overlooking Castleton. This location leaves the visitor in no doubt how this place derived its name and the sign outside here has a picture of a Castle on it, that somewhat r [more]

[12.07.2007] The Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is one of only two Grade 1 Listed Buildings in Sheffield and it has also been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Originally called the Abbeydale Works this is a unique Industrial site that dates from at least 1714. Many of the things here are still operated by original water wheels on the River Sheaf, that flows through the site, and all of the machinery here is still in f [more]

[11.07.2007] The Millennium Galleries in Sheffield were recently created as part of the Heart of the City project, which is an ongoing rejuvenation project in Sheffield that is partly funded by National Lottery money. The Millennium Galleries opened in the Spring of 2001. They are situated right in the middle of Sheffield's City Centre, adjacent to the main Central Library Building. From the outside of the Building there [more]

[11.07.2007] Smoo Cave lies on the top North West Coast of Scotland about a mile East of the village of Durness. It is the largest sea cave in the British Isles and has proved a popular tourist attraction since Sir Walter Scott visited the area in 1814. I visited this place a few years ago and had a thoroughly enjoyable time. The cave is set amongst one of the most dramatic coastlines in Britain on the A838 Durness to Tongu [more]

[10.07.2007] Heeley City Farm is an inner City Farm project in Sheffield that began back in 1981. In those early days a group of dedicated volunteers set about clearing two acres of derelict land and rubble and transformed it into what it is today. Those same individuals successfully registered the project as a Charity and with help from the Sheffield City Council and later funding, from the EEC and Lottery funding, this place [more]