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Centuries ago, London Road was a thoroughfare used by farmers taking their cattle to market, but in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, folk moved from the outlying countryside to set up shop here. Though much has changed since then, family-run businesses still prevail and, while London Road may not offer the prettiest of welcomes, follow your taste buds and you’ll discover the tantalising menus at its long list of internationally inspired restaurants.
After half a mile of an overwhelming number of food options, London Road meets Abbeydale Road; many of Sheffield’s dearly loved cafés and antique treasure troves lie ahead. With six antiques centres and around 20 independent shops between them, Abbeydale Road, Queens Road and Broadfield Road have together become known as the Sheffield Antiques Quarter. Take a look down Wolseley Road to the left after you leave the area and you’ll see the Madina Mosque, with its Persian-style arches and beautiful blue-green tipped minarets and dome.
Sheffield Visitor Guides
Restaurants in Sheffield
From artisanal coffee in industrial chic settings to the kind of burritos that can resurrect…
Art Galleries in Sheffield
A contender for the UK’s largest practicing community of artists and designers outside London – there’s a pretty impressive number of top art galleries in Sheffield.
Cinemas in Sheffield
Cinemas in Sheffield cater for all tastes, with arthouse venues sitting happily alongside big multiplex screens – including one of only two IMAX with laser projection screens in the country.
Museums in Sheffield
Sheffield has more than its fair share of weird and wonderful museums housed within its seven hills. Check out our favourites.
Theatres in Sheffield
Sheffield is home to the world-famous Crucible, the W R G Sprague built Lyceum and Sheffield’s home for the avant-garde, the Theatre Delicatessen.
Literary places in Sheffield
Literary places are scattered about Sheffield, which has plenty of live literature events to pop along to and perform at, and more independent poetry presses than you can shake a stick at.
Sheffield District Guides
Kelham Island, Sheffield
The engraving “Made in Sheffield” continues to stand for quality on knives and forks around…
Hunter’s Bar, Sheffield
On 31 October 1884, the gatekeeper at Hunter’s Bar toll-house requested the city’s last ever…
Devonshire Quarter, Sheffield
Directly west of the city centre, the Devonshire Quarter comes alive both by day and…
City Centre, Sheffield
Welcoming visitors as soon as they step off the train to Sheffield is the Sheffield…
Broomhill and Crookes, Sheffield
To the west of the city, the suburbs of Broomhill and Crookes, though small, contain…
