The Geographical Assosciation

The Geographical Assosciation is a building in Sheffield, England which is located on Solly Street. The Geographical Assosciation is situated nearby to the church St Vincent’s Mission Hub, as well as near the police station Hayes House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Crucible Theatre and Cementation Furnace.

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 2,700 feet southeast of The Geographical Assosciation.

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 910 feet north of The Geographical Assosciation.

The School Room

Sports venue

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. The School Room is situated 610 feet northeast of The Geographical Assosciation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Vincent’s Quarter and St George’s Quarter.

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.

St George’s Quarter

Quarter

St. George's Quarter is one of the eleven "quarters" located in the centre of Sheffield, Yorkshire, devised in the 1994 City Centre Strategy. It is bounded by Upper Hanover Street to the west, West Street to the south, Rockingham Street to the east and Broad Lane to the north.

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.

The Geographical Assosciation

Type: Voluntary association
Address: 160 Solly Street, Sheffield, S1 4BF
Categories: building and office
Location: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.38486° or 53° 23′ 6″ north

Longitude

-1.47753° or 1° 28′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C5W9GMC+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1206479781

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

office=association

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