Fountain Square
Fountain Square is a garden in Sheffield, England. Fountain Square is situated nearby to the garden Fountain Precinct, as well as near Sheffield War Memorial.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sheffield City Hall and Crucible Theatre.
Sheffield City Hall
Theater building
Sheffield City Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Sheffield, England in Barker's Pool, one of the city's central squares. It was built and is owned by Sheffield City Council.
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 1,000 feet east of Fountain Square.
Cathedral Church of St Marie
Church
Photo: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cathedral Church of St Marie is the Roman Catholic cathedral in Sheffield, England. It lies in a slightly hidden location, just off Fargate shopping street, but signals its presence with a 195 feet spire, the tallest in Sheffield. Cathedral Church of St Marie is situated 770 feet east of Fountain Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheffield city centre and Heart of the City.
Sheffield city centre
Suburb
Sheffield city centre is a district of the City of Sheffield and is covered partly by the City ward of the City of Sheffield. It includes the area that is within a radius of roughly 0.75 miles of Sheffield Cathedral and is encircled by the Inner Ring Road, a circular route started in the late 1960s and completed in 2007.
Heart of the City
Quarter
Photo: Dave Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Heart of the City was a £130 million major re-development in Sheffield, England begun in 2004, and completed in 2016 and one of the 12 official quarters of Sheffield City Centre.
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.
Fountain Square
- Type: Garden
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.38069° or 53° 22′ 51″ northLongitude
-1.47147° or 1° 28′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C5W9GJH+7COpenStreetMap ID
way 103556366OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=garden
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