The School Room
The School Room is a rock climbing training facility in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The facility was originally built in 1993 by Gavin Ellis, Ben Tye and Andy Coish, as conditions at Peak District Limestone venues were not always ideal.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Sports venue
- Description: Indoor climbing wall in Sheffield, England
- Also known as: “School Room”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cementation Furnace and Crucible Theatre.
Cementation Furnace
Heritage site
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cementation Furnace in Sheffield is a Grade II Listed Building and is the only example of this type of steel making furnace to survive intact in Great Britain. Cementation Furnace is situated 460 feet northwest of The School Room.
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. Crucible Theatre is situated 2,800 feet southeast of The School Room.
Kelham Island Museum
Museum
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Kelham Island Museum is an industrial museum on Alma Street, alongside the River Don, in the centre of Sheffield, England. It was opened in 1982. Kelham Island Museum is situated 1,400 feet northeast of The School Room.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Vincent’s Quarter and Netherthorpe.
St Vincent’s Quarter
Quarter
St Vincent's Quarter is one of Sheffield's eleven designated quarters, centring on and named after St Vincent's Church. Primarily an office and industrial location, its regeneration has increased rapidly over the past few years, with the new Metier residential block and Velocity Village office and residential accommodation springing up on the north side of Tenter Street.
Netherthorpe
Suburb
Netherthorpe is a suburb of the City of Sheffield in England. It is one mile west of the city centre. It is mostly an area of local government built housing situated on a considerable slope running downhill from the Brook Hill roundabout, at a height of 350 feet, towards the Shalesmoor roundabout at a height of 160 feet over a distance of half a mile.
Cathedral Quarter
Quarter
The Cathedral Quarter is one of Sheffield's city centre quarters, located around and named after the Cathedral. It is bound by Tenter Street to the northwest, West Bar to the north, Snig Hill to the north east, Angel Street to the east, High Street and Church Street to the south and Townhead Street around its western corner.
The School Room
- Categories: climbing site, recreation area, and sports location
- Location: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.38635° or 53° 23′ 11″ northLongitude
-1.47624° or 1° 28′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C5W9GPF+GGOpenStreetMap ID
node 11888595333OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=sports_centreOpenStreetMap feature
sport=climbingWikidata ID
Q7762525
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