Sheffield City Airport

Sheffield City Airport was a small international airport in Sheffield that is now closed. The airport was located in the Tinsley Park area of the city, near the M1 motorway and Sheffield Parkway and opened in 1997.

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Type: Abandoned airfield
Description: Defunct airport in Sheffield Parkway, 1997-2008
Also known as: “Sheffield City Airport & Heliport” and “Sheffield City Airport and Heliport”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include High Hazels Park and Tinsley Park Cemetery.

High Hazels Park

Park

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High Hazels Park is a 20-hectare parkland area in Darnall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Since the 19th century, Darnall has been a centre of the coal and steel industry in Sheffield. High Hazels Park is situated 4,200 feet southwest of Sheffield City Airport.

Tinsley Park Cemetery

Cemetery

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Tinsley Park Cemetery is one of the city of Sheffield's many cemeteries. It was opened in 1882, and covers 19 acres. The cemetery is still open to burials, and since the first burial on 2 June 1882 over 59,000 burials have taken place. Tinsley Park Cemetery is situated 3,700 feet west of Sheffield City Airport.

Darnall railway station

Railway station

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Darnall railway station is on the Sheffield to Lincoln Line and was built in 1849 to serve Darnall, a community about 3 miles from the centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, and which later became a suburb of the city. Darnall railway station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Sheffield City Airport.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Catcliffe and Brinsworth.

Catcliffe

Village

Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Catcliffe is a village and civil parish on the north-west bank of the River Rother in South Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 2,108.