The Diamond
The Diamond is a building in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, part of the University of Sheffield. Housing specialist engineering facilities as well as seminar room and open plan study spaces, it was completed in September 2015 at a cost of £81 million, the largest capital investment ever made by the university.Photo: Dave Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours: 7:00 AM—10:00 PM
- Email: library@sheffield.ac.uk
- Type: University building
- Description: building at the University of Sheffield, England
- Also known as: “The Diamond, Sheffield”
- Address: 32 Leavygreave Rd, Sheffield, S3 7RD
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St George’s Church, Portobello and Information Commons.
St George’s Church, Portobello
Church
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St George's Church, Portobello, is a former Church of England parish church in the City of Sheffield, England. It is now part of the University of Sheffield and is a lecture theatre and student housing.
Information Commons
Library
Photo: Byb3, Public domain.
The Information Commons is a library and computing building in Sheffield, England, and is part of the University of Sheffield. The architects were the Edinburgh-based RMJM. Information Commons is situated 570 feet west of The Diamond.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St George’s Quarter and Devonshire Quarter.
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.
Devonshire Quarter
Quarter
The Devonshire Quarter is an area in the centre of Sheffield, England. Its heart is the Division Street and Devonshire Street shopping areas, known for their small independent shops and variety of pubs and bars.
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 Diamond
- Categories: building and education
- Location: Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.38167° or 53° 22′ 54″ northLongitude
-1.48209° or 1° 28′ 56″ westLevels
4Height
92 feet (28 metres)Operator
University of SheffieldOpen location code
9C5W9GJ9+M5OpenStreetMap ID
way 379085999OpenStreetMap feature
building=universityWikidata ID
Q104863091
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