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  • Don Valley Stadium
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    Don Valley Stadium - Sheffield, United Kingdom
    The Don Valley Stadium (17.07.2007 20:18)
    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 [more...]
  • Roche Abbey
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    Roche Abbey - Maltby, United Kingdom
    Roche Abbey (17.07.2007 09:13)
    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 [more...]
  • Rother Valley Country Park
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    Rother Valley Country Park - Sheffield, United Kingdom
    Rother Valley Country Park (15.07.2007 18:46)
    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. [more...]
  • Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
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    Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet - Sheffield, United Kingdom
    Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet (12.07.2007 21:58)
    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 [more...]
  • Millennium Galleries
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    Millennium Galleries - Sheffield, United Kingdom
    The Millennium Galleries (11.07.2007 15:31)
    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 [more...]
  • Heeley City Farm
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    Heeley City Farm - Sheffield, United Kingdom
    Heeley City Farm (10.07.2007 20:35)
    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 [more...]
  • Sugar Mill Ponds Nature Reserve
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    Sugar Mill Ponds Nature Reserve - Goole, United Kingdom
    Sugar Mill Ponds Nature Reserve (10.07.2007 09:20)
    Sugar Mill Ponds are located just outside the Village of Rawcliffe Bridge, about five miles to the West of Goole, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. This site covers an area of approximately twenty five acres and is one of the finest examples that I have seen of a former area of unsightly Industrial wasteland transformed into a tranquil, picturesque haven for Wildlife. This site is now a [more...]
  • South Yorkshire Transport Museum
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    South Yorkshire Transport Museum - Rotherham, United Kingdom
    The South Yorkshire Transport Museum (09.07.2007 19:56)
    The South Yorkshire Transport Museum can be found at Aldwarke, near Rotherham in South Yorkshire. Until recently this transport museum was located in the former Tinsley tram sheds between Sheffield and Rotherham. I visited here about 4 years ago and it was then called the Sheffield Bus Museum. Now it has relocated, it has been given a new name, the South Yorkshire Transport Museum. The former [more...]
  • Rotherham Minster
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    Rotherham Minster - Rotherham, United Kingdom
    Rotherham Minster (09.07.2007 09:23)
    Rotherhams largest Church is known as the Rotherham Minster and dominates the Centre of this South Yorkshire Town. Until recently this Church, which is as large as many Cathedrals, was known as All Saints Parish Church. This change in name was to reflect its importance as a Church in the region and also marked the culmination of a major restoration project. The Town of Rotherham grew up along [more...]
  • Riverside Court
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    Riverside Court - Sheffield, United Kingdom - January, 2007
    The Riverside Court Hotel (06.07.2007 20:45)
    The Riverside Court Hotel is situated just outside Sheffield City Centre within a few minutes walk of the main markets and one of the main Shopping areas of the City. It occupies a prominent position on the corner of Nursery Street, where it meets the Wicker. Historically the Wicker is an area of the City that was once a thriving part of Sheffield with lots of Shops and Businesses. Today it [more...]
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