Sheffield
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Hillsborough Stadium and Crucible Theatre.
Hillsborough Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Hillsborough Stadium is a football stadium in the area of Owlerton, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. With a total capacity of 39,732, it has been the home of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club since opening in 1899.
Crucible Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Crucible Theatre, or simply The Crucible, is a theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which opened in 1971. Its name refers to crucible steel, which was developed in Sheffield in 1740 and drove the industrialisation of the city.
Bramall Lane
Stadium
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Bramall Lane is a football stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which is the home of Sheffield United. The stadium was originally a cricket ground, built on a road named after the Bramall family of file and graver manufacturers. Bramall Lane is situated 3½ miles south of Sheffield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rotherham and Burngreave.
Rotherham
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rotherham is a large town in South Yorkshire, Its traditional industries were coal-mining, glass-blowing and steel-making: much of this gone, but Rotherham is still a big steel producer, albeit more focused on specialist engineering steel rather than mass production.
Burngreave
Suburb
Burngreave is an inner city district of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England lying north of the city centre. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 27,481.
Sheffield
Latitude
53.4167° or 53° 25′ northLongitude
-1.5° or 1° 30′ westPopulation
575,000Elevation
236 feet (72 metres)Abbreviation
“SHF”Open location code
9C5WCG82+M2GeoNames ID
3333193
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