What is the best spot to get a really good view of Center of Sheffield?

Top of East Bank Road, with out doubt

There's a good view from Meersbrook Park.
Where's East Bank Road mikey?

On the tram route definatly, as you go past park grange, you can see everything, or the top floor of Sheffield Uni's Art Block :)

You get good views from the top of the Hallamshire Hospital too

Hallamshire Hospital has very good views, take your binoculars and your camera if you know someone in there !!!!!!

All good places. The top of the ski slopes pretty good too, especially at night. Theres also the possibility of going up the cathederal spire too I think. Also how about Coles car park from the very top?
With so many hills there are a lot of different views to be seen just from the pavement.

Jawbone Hill is a good place. You can get there by taking the A61 Halifax Road out of Sheffield. Turn left onto Salt Box Lane and follow it towards Oughtibridge.

Near the peak of the hill is a small layby. You can park up there and walk along the hill for some great views of the city from the North.

Some other fine places I always used to go are:

Jenkin Road, Wincobank

Meersbrook Park (enter at Bishops House and turn left)

The hill overlooking Sheffield Airport. (At Darnall go up to the end of Catley Road. Walk alongside the golf course and then up the hill.)

Top of Birley Lane, Birley.

Did you know that on a clear day from Ridgeway Road you can see Cottam power station in Lincolnshire. I've also heard you can see Lincoln Cathedral on an excellent clear day but I've never seen it yet!

Originally posted by "alchresearch"



Top of Birley Lane, Birley.

Did you know that on a clear day from Ridgeway Road you can see Cottam power station in Lincolnshire. I've also heard you can see Lincoln Cathedral on an excellent clear day but I've never seen it yet!

yes both good places! :D

Boston Castle at Moorgate in Rotherham is also an outstanding place, but Sheffield is just a blur in the distance, but you can see the main landmarks like the tower blocks at Norton, Park Hill, Uni arts tower and such.

The top of Myrtle Road, near The Ball Inn will give you some good views.
Also the Cholera monument on the Claywood will give you views stretching from the train stn. And round about the Park Grange tram stop enall

Originally posted by "chill"

There's a good view from Meersbrook Park.
Where's East Bank Road mikey?


Difficult to describe, but its a very steep hill that runs from the town to the manor top, cuts through Norfolk Park/Gleadless areas.

Here are my instructions

Take the road that runs at the back of the Skating rink, keep following this road and you will start rising up, park up nr top where there is grass on the left hand side, turn around and stare in amazement with mouth wide open.

park up nr top where there is grass on the left hand side
Past the Earl Marshall Pub (which is on the left), another option is to take the first available left after the pub (Kenninghall) whill will take you up that little bit higher!

When I lived in Sheffield (sigh) I cycled to work from Foxhill to Crystal Peaks and back of course. When I was zooming down City Road one night and I turned onto Granville Road I nearly fell off my velocipede...
The view of sheffield by night was one to remember, all bright lights!
Wonderful!!

Floor 12 Owen Building, Hallam Uni.

Mount zion at crookes,
On a clear day you can see Blackpool tower from there, although I don't know if it is open to the general public now. :D :D :D

Coming down Ringinglow Road at night from the Peak District gives a fantastic view.

When you come round the corner on the road from Grenoside to Oughtibridge at the top of the hill.

Personally I have a fantastic view from the city centre to the airport from my window.

Originally posted by "Morte"

Coming down Ringinglow Road at night from the Peak District gives a fantastic view.

When you come round the corner on the road from Grenoside to Oughtibridge at the top of the hill.

Personally I have a fantastic view from the city centre to the airport from my window.

Yes, you would have a good view. Shirecliffe is one of the highest points in Sheffield. back when Parkwood College was there you could always see the college from anywhere in Sheffield no matter where you were.

great thread, thanks to whoever started it.
Wot would b great is if we could get some photos of some of these, i would love to see them as im sure alotta people would, great night/day shots etc.

Originally posted by "mikey"

Where's East Bank Road mikey?


Difficult to describe, but its a very steep hill that runs from the town to the manor top, cuts through Norfolk Park/Gleadless areas.

Here are my instructions

Take the road that runs at the back of the Skating rink, keep following this road and you will start rising up, park up nr top where there is grass on the left hand side, turn around and stare in amazement with mouth wide open.
Cheers mate.
I'll definitely be taking my camera to these locations this weekend if the weather holds. I'll post the results next week if I get time.

Not a view of the city centre, but if you go to Bole Hills park in Crookes there's an absolutely stunning view into the valley beyond. Whenever I take my children to the park I find myself just walking over to the edge of the hill, and just gaze into the distance...

Yes, 12 Storey Block Hallam Uni' - but you need key access, damn windy up there-head porter used to live on top of this building and he suffered with vertigo believe it or not! - Shirecliffe College(called something else now) has great views all round - you can see this building from all over Sheffield.

How about we have a photography competition on here? Surely we could muster up a free meal at a city restaurant for the winner in return for lots of plugs?

The best spot from within the city centre itself has got to be the 14th floor of the BT tower. Absolutely superb in all directions. On a clear day it can be wonderful. The best bit is being able to look down and see the city below. Sometimes when I have used the canteen and I am waiting for the lift down I just stand there and gawp.

I took mikey's advise and went up East Bank Road a couple of weeks ago. I took a whole roll of film up there and have some high resolution shots, but my scanner is really bad so I won't bother scanning them until I have a new one. There is a low res scan of a shot below though to give you an idea of the view. Click the photo below for a larger version...
http://www.christopher-hill.com/photo/SheffieldPanarama001/Sample001_Lo.jpg (http://www.christopher-hill.com/photo/SheffieldPanarama001/Sample001_Hi.jpg)
Hmm, photo showing in preview but not on actual page. Try this link (http://www.christopher-hill.com/photo/SheffieldPanarama001/Sample001_Hi.jpg)

I second and third Meersbrook park. I live right next to the top entrance and spend many a happy hour or two of an evening there in the summer watching the sunset over the city of sheffield, great thing is it is so different everytime, you get really amazing colours. :)

Shirecliffe college has gone now, after it was re-named parkwood.
There are houses there now.

Yeah - and it's next to a toxic waste dump. There's still lovely views to be had...but don't stay there too long...

I could see the old college at Shirecliffe from both Chesterfield and Doncaster.
Burbage Moor crags holds a view over most of Sheffield, also Jawborn Hill is a pleasant place to park up if you can get in the layby, mind you i cycle up it 3 or 4 times a week and only once have i seen it empty.

If you can get into some of the high rise buildings in the town centre there are some good views...further afield Redmires Rd has some good views..

The Roof Top Of The 3 Sisters Now Down To 2 At Herding On A Clear Day You Can For Miles

View from Lady Canning's Plantation (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/saxon51/Ox%20Stones/Lady%20Cannings/DSCI0006.jpg)

and Ox Stones (http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/saxon51/Ox%20Stones/DSCI0003.jpg)

Northern Avenue/ Spring Lane (off City Road), Best for fifth of november.

Also, Wincobank Hill. And Houndkirk Road, which is in fact a bridleway

Northern Avenue/ Spring Lane (off City Road), Best for fifth of november.

Also, Wincobank Hill. And Houndkirk Road, which is in fact a bridleway

Photo linked as Lady Canning's Plantation above is from Houndkirk Road.

agree with the oxstones, but only if you've had 100 mushrooms.

or meersbrook park - although that mosque is a bit of an eyesore - like a big quality street!

Ive admired the view of the city centre from the road that leads to sky edge!

Mount Zion was demolished a long time ago and there is a TV mast there now. I have heard that story about seeing Blackpool tower from the top so many times, I wonder how it came about. It can't be true can it?

Ok here goes...

From here... especially on a clear night -
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From here...
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From here...
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From here...
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And here...
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oh and... Hallamshire - top floor...
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here...
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and more...
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be careful here! (obtain police back up before entering)
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Enjoy! I have always always always wondered what the view from atop the Norton watertower would hold.......... if you look up at it from town - its prominence would offer sights to behold IMO!

Living in Rotherham I can only come up with Boston Castle like fellow poster Alchresearch.

The view from the castle is outstanding, the hills of Derbyshire are clearly visible in the distance and blimey how many miles is that away from Rotherham?.

Definitely worth a drive out to look at.

Follow signs for Rotherham Hospital, it's the road on which the Belvedere pub stands, a mile from the hospital.

The wasteland at the junction with Andover St/ Gray St in Burngreave gives one a great view down into the city at night. Needless to say it helps to be in a suitably liviered vehicle to get away with this.

Mount Zion was demolished a long time ago and there is a TV mast there now. I have heard that story about seeing Blackpool tower from the top so many times, I wonder how it came about. It can't be true can it?

It's really hardly likely, is it? Even without the Pennines in the way! ;)

Somebody who was a bit stupid probably once saw chimney near Ladybower or something and the story grew from there :D

Yes I thought about the Pennines, anyway I won’t elaborate I may make myself look sillier than ever. My father told me that when I was about ten, he heard it from his father, and I have heard it from so many other people since, it must be the original “urban myth.”

It depends which part of Sheffield you want views of. A good view of the East End can be got from the top of Wincobank Hill.

Enjoy! I have always always always wondered what the view from atop the Norton watertower would hold.......... if you look up at it from town - its prominence would offer sights to behold IMO!

I went to norton free school and every year one class would get to visit it.It was amazing, no lifts just stairs and a lot of them at that, the view from the top was great you could see for miles.

You can even see the water tower from certain parts of rotherham (bawty road)

there is a viewing point at the side of the ski slope, a very good clear view over sheffield centre

Saxon - on your oxstones pic - is that a ufo top left?

Go to the manor fields,you great views up there.

Saxon - on your oxstones pic - is that a ufo top left?

Never noticed that before. :confused:

Anyone got a programme to clarify it with??

I always like the view when you are going down to totley from Owler bar in the afternoon when the sun is shining it just looks good.:rolleyes:

It's not exactly Sheffield but i'm working in Palterton near Bolsover castle and the view is brilliant. You can see all the way back to Sheffield! :o

I might take my camera tomorrow and take a few snaps.

I would love to see Bolsover Castle. The present one was built only about three hundred years ago and was built for show really. The original Castle was built by William Peveril the Sheriff of Nottingham. He also built Nottingham Castle and Peveril Castle at Castleton. A very powerful man. He and Roger de Buslie who built Tickhill Castle just off the Great North Road (Watling Street as it was then) owned most of the land in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire.

Just a hobby thats all. Sorry, only I thought you might be interested.

Bolsover is what i call a real castle. It looks absolutely massive from the motorway. Very impressive indeed.

great thread, thanks to whoever started it.
Wot would b great is if we could get some photos of some of these, i would love to see them as im sure alotta people would, great night/day shots etc.


What a great idea, I will search through my archives and post some on.

What a great idea, I will search through my archives and post some on.

Yes. Click on the link to see a few snowy shots of Sheffield
http://www.panoramio.com/user/1027207&comments_page=1&photos_page=17 but if you want to see a wider variety of shots taken around the city click on my signature below, that's if you've got the time to go through 90 odd pages of photographs.:)
Alternatively take a look on Google Earth. All the photos marked with the Panoramio star will be on there.

Best ones i know of are -

(1) The viewing platform at Fulwood, its on the same rd as the alpaca farm, it has details of what you can see and how far away each feature is, it's said on a clear day you can see the Humber bridge, never managed that myself but you can easily see drax power station etc and it has extensive views across Sheffield.
If you don't know the alpaca farm its just off Ringinglow rd on the rd across from the old toll house, (the last right turn before the peak district mill stone border marker) just follow the lane and after you take the sharp bend in the rd the platform is on the right hand side about 100 metres further on.

(2) Houndkirk hill.
Follow Hathersage rd and as you see the peak district boundry marker park in the layby on the right, the path up to Houndkirk hill is about 50 metres back down Hathersage rd on the same side as you park.
It's not that steep a climb and you dont even need to walk to the top to get some great views.

(3) Follow Ringinglow rd and about a mile after the Peak district border marker there's a place to park on the right, you don't even need to get out of the car here as the view is in the direction you park through your windscreen.

Up the top of Wincobank is pretty good, can see for miles from up there

Top of Bishopscourt Road, Meersbrook, in my view for central Sheffield.

Blackamoor from Sheephill Road for a more panoramic view, including a good few (6 or 7?) Trent Power Stations on the horizon.

Top of Myrtle Road. Beautiful and interesting view over city on a sunny day.

As this is the week's hot topic....... Park Hill!!!!

Bolsover is what i call a real castle. It looks absolutely massive from the motorway. Very impressive indeed.

Check out Sutton Scarsdale hall too. It's on the hill opposite Bolsover on t'other side of the M1. It's incredible and very eerie..

Graves Park.
Go in the entrance at the top of Cobnar Road and turn right.

I always like the view when you are going down to totley from Owler bar in the afternoon when the sun is shining it just looks good.:rolleyes:

Definitely agrees! Lovely views and nice bit of road.

You can see for miles at top of Loxley common too.

He and Roger de Buslie who built Tickhill Castle just off the Great North Road (Watling Street as it was then) owned most of the land in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire.

Just a hobby thats all. Sorry, only I thought you might be interested.

I thought Watling Street ran from Dover to London and then was largely the route of the current A5 through the Midlands to Shropshire.

Southern parts of the Great North Road followed the line of Ermine Street but Ermine Street continued up through Lincoln and forded the Humber before continuing to York.

An alternative Roman Road went from Lincoln to York via Doncaster (Danum) and the Great North Road follows this for a while - approx from Blyth up through Doncaster.

The Great North Road itself was largely established as a coaching road in the 1700's.

ERMINE (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Ermine_Street.JPG) Street (or Great North Rd) and WATLING (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Watling_Street_route.jpg) Street as Longcol describes.

A nice view over Sheffield from Owler bar yesterday

I thought Watling Street ran from Dover to London and then was largely the route of the current A5 through the Midlands to Shropshire.

Southern parts of the Great North Road followed the line of Ermine Street but Ermine Street continued up through Lincoln and forded the Humber before continuing to York.

An alternative Roman Road went from Lincoln to York via Doncaster (Danum) and the Great North Road follows this for a while - approx from Blyth up through Doncaster.

The Great North Road itself was largely established as a coaching road in the 1700's.

When the Romans were first building the road that started from Dover called Watling Street they kept adding branches and it got confusing so then they gave sections of it different names.

EDIT
This is a quick google
Watling Street

Watling Street, one of the great Roman highways of Britain, ran from Dover to Canterbury, Rochester, London, Chester, and York, thence branching to Carlisle and Newcastle.

http://chestofbooks.com/travel/reference/World-Gazetteer/Wa****a-Watling-Street.html

Here is another reference

Watling Street

Watling Street, a great Roman road extending from Dover and terminating by two branches in the extreme N. of England after passing through London, the NE. branch, by York, and the NW. by or to Chester.

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:dQ-sUWPnJM8J:www.fromoldbooks.org/Wood-NuttallEncyclopaedia/w/watlingstreet.html+watling+street+york&hl=en&client=firefox-a&gl=uk&strip=1


"By the fifteenth century the name of the famous Roman road Watling Street from Dover to Wroxeter via London had long been applied to many other stretches of road in various parts of the country. Among the oldest and best-documented examples of this practice, however, is the old Roman road (A639, still known as `Roman Ridge`) which runs north-west from Barnsdale towards Pontefract; the section of this road immediately to the north of the village of Wrangbrook was termed Watling-stret as early as the thirteenth century. Moreover in 1433 the whole of the road from Ferrybridge through Barnsdale to Worksop in Nottinghamshire was described as `the highway called Watlyngstrete`1.

1. Place-Names of West Riding (P.N.S. XXXVI, 1962), VII, 145; I.D. Margary, Roman Roads in Britain (London, 1967), p.415.



"The Northumberland Watling Street from Catterick Bridge northwards to the river Deerness points in the direction of the river Tyne at Newcastle by way of Chester-le‑Street, and the turn almost at right angles to Lanchester and Corbridge suggests a later laying out of the road in that direction. A course which avoided the high moors, and gave access to a seaport, seems to be one likely to be chosen for the first advance.

The manner in which Watling Street passes the Wall of Hadrian seems to show that the road is older than the Wall; and the reasons for thinking that other Roman roads which pass through the Wall were made before the date of the Wall (A.D. 120‑129), have been given."

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Engineering/roads/Britain/_Texts/CODROM/11*.html

Here is a map of some of the branches of Watling Street that I spoke about.

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Engineering/roads/Britain/_Texts/CODROM/3*.html

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There's a good view from Manor Laith road (just of City Road) - and carry on up to the top - it's brilliant!