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Sheffield, located in South Yorkshire, England, is both a major industrial city and one of the greenest cities in the UK. TripAdvisor travelers particularly recommend the Sheffield Winter Garden and the Botanical Garden. After dark, you’ll find a lively bar and club scene, a testimony to the town’s large student population.
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1. Holly Hagg Community farm
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 374 reviews
** CLOSED during Coronavirus outbreak ** Regular guided alpaca treks amidst woodland and beautiful scenery in Sheffield's Rivelin Valley. Advance booking for treks required via website. Monthly family friendly events to meet and feed the alpacas, go pond dipping and explore the 3 acre food growing garden and meadows. For these on-field events just turn up - details on Events section of the website. Volunteer sessions twice a week for fresh air, friendship and health. All welcome. Holly Hagg is a not-for-profit Community Farm.
Reviewed By bryonyp772
Santiago, who is known for his cheeky antics, was my friendly alpaca companion for today's walk. The Alpaca Trek, lead by enthusiastic, entertaining and down-to-earth members of the Holly Hagg Community Farm, has been one of my favourite and unique experiences this year. It was a lovely route and I enjoyed having Santiago's company, despite him walking me round in circles when I got his food out and when he wanted to jump in the bushes and eat them at many points throughout the walk. These antics made the walk interesting and gave us something laugh about. It may have been the first time he had seen sheep too, which was adorable! Santiago allowed me to stroke his back, neck and head - he was so soft and cuddly! The volunteers leading the trek were also very conscientious of social distancing guidelines and they followed those 'extra measures' to make sure everything was safe and healthy. I felt very comfortable with the set up and would definitely go again soon!
2. Endcliffe Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 409 reviews
Reviewed By ritagarlovsky - Sheffield, United Kingdom
This is a lovely park with interesting features, such as shown in the photo of beautiful waterfall. It is a really pleasant place to take an afternoon walk for a quiet chat, OR take the kids to have a run around and kick a ball on the grassy area.
3. Kelham Island Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 663 reviews
Reviewed By BevC107 - Sheffield, United Kingdom
Kelham Island is one of Sheffield's most interesting museums. You can watch the Little Mesters (skilled craftspeople in silverware and steelware) fettling in their tiny workshops and be amazed by the River Don engine. If you have very little children with you, it might be wise to warn them beforehand that it is very noisy and the floor actually shakes when it's going full pelt. I really like the little stationary steam engines that go chunkety-chunk, wheels spinning and pulleys flapping. There is a section with very old cars like the Sheffield Simplex. Wall mounted posters tell of the Great Sheffield Flood when the newly built Dale Dyke Dam capsized in the middle of the night of 11th March 1864 and over 240 people drowned in the deluge. You can track the history of Sheffield's steelmaking from the tiny 14th century forges along its 5 rivers to the huge Atlas Works of the early 20th century. And Kelham Island has a great cafe of its own and there are 2 good pubs very nearby. But be warned, it's closed Fridays and Saturdays.
4. Rivelin Valley Nature Trail
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 345 reviews
Reviewed By 642nickyc - Sheffield, United Kingdom
Starting from malin bridge enter the nature trail from the mouse hole and follow it passed an old mill pond to where you can split and go left by the next dam or right and cross the stepping stones, then onto rivelin park and across the bridge and follow the path to the s bends, cross the road and continue along the path passing old mill ponds and structures from an industry long gone, keep going and eventually you’ll come to the old post office which is the end of the nature trail, about 3-4 miles from here you’ve endless choices of where to go Hope this helps anyone interested Not suitable for infirm, pushchairs or wheelchairs in places due to the ground conditions, PS after heavy rain the river does cover the stones, don’t try an be a hero please and be safe
5. The Botanical Gardens
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,780 reviews
Reviewed By lynb709
A beautiful botanical garden with a gorgeous restored Victorian hot house, this is a favourite place for our family. Free entry, open til dusk in the summer with outdoor events year round.
6. Graves Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 983 reviews
Reviewed By 13JANETL13
excellent park, very spacious Lots to see and do Lovely pet and animal area Excellent play park and facilities for older children Very good cafe and you can enjoy food and drinks either inside or outside while taking in the view The parkland itself favours picnics and an ice cream van was there and proving very popular The gardens and flower beds were well kept Amazingly there are no admission charges Well worth a visit Will be returning soon. Although there is a car park it isn't quite big enough and many visitors had to reverse out and move on to somewhere else.
7. Tropical Butterfly House, Wildlife & Falconry Centre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,357 reviews
Encounter the exotic and discover a wild family day out in South Yorkshire! Meet lemurs, meerkats, owls, otters, snakes, lizards, a tarantula and other amazing animals during unforgettable Animal Encounters throughout the day. Take your seat for spectacular shows, featuring free-flying birds of prey, parrots and charismatic mammals! Explore the indoor rainforest; home to butterflies, birds, bats, crocodiles and creepy-crawlies from around the world and meet and feed the friendly residents of the Farm Barn. Discover the charismatic primates of Lemur Heights and meet the inquisitive residents of Otter Springs. Take a selfie with our new dinosaurs and get closer than ever before to some of the most popular animals in the brand new walk-through mammal enclosure. Pre-booked group and School visits are welcome and VIP Experience Days and Animal Adoptions are available to purchase, as well as popular Birthday Party Room Hire. The Realm of Camelot adventure playground, outdoor Wet Play Area and indoor Activity and Craft Centre will entertain children in all weathers, and popular themed events take place at the centre during School Holidays. Facilities include a Picnic Room, Jungle Gift Shop and a modern Butterfly Cafe, serving freshly prepared hot and cold food and homemade cakes and deluxe Afternoon Tea. The Tropical Butterfly House is open daily and is located just 5 minutes from M1, junction 31.
Reviewed By N7427PRjob
A fantastic day out with my family, from the excellent service with a family hiccup at the front kiosk (thank you Laura and Kerry), tractor trailer ride, parrot & vulture shows to the lovely ladies at the face painting, a great day. The animals were all out in their glory and we all had a fantastic day ????
8. Sheffield Winter Garden
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,926 reviews
Reviewed By 320ritad
Stayed in mecure hotel next door what a lovely place even sitting having breakfast was a joy to see people walking through we loved the flowers and different plants a joy to go into the little gallery’s off stainless steel John Ruskin Chatsworth house arts we thoroughly enjoyed our visit somewhere lovely to go for a break from shopping and plenty of seats to sit on and admire the gardens
9. Crucible Theatre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 719 reviews
Reviewed By amdgriggs - Sheffield, United Kingdom
We've just seen Life of Pi here, which is being given 5 stars by every reviewer, and it fully exploits the potential of the Crucible's wonderful theatre in the round design - a stunning production in every way and an extraordinary set (watch for the first time the full-size boat rises from the level stage, rotates, and then waves roll back and forth across the stage). The theatre was absolutely packed and rightly so for one of the most impressive performances we've seen here in around 30 years of regular theatre-going.
10. Meadowhall Shopping Centre
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 2,066 reviews
Reviewed By Chris-Brigg - Brigg, United Kingdom
Visited today, arriving around 10am, parking was excellent with plenty of space available all around. Easy walking round the stores, all clean and well presented a truly enjoyable shopping experience beating online shopping into second place, why should anyone sit in front of a screen, rather than enjoying such a brilliant set up!
