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  1. If they're literally only going to get a bus out and a bus or train back, but might use different companies, it'll probably be cheapest to get a ticket on each when they get on. If they're going to take other buses, for example from home to the city centre, and aren't going outside Sheffield (which includes Fox House and Toad's Mouth), the best ticket is the Sheffield CityWide Day, for only ÂŁ4.30 - it covers all buses and trams in the city. As the Derbyshire Wayfarer is a lot more, if the only non-Sheffield journey might be the train back from Grindleford, it'd probably be cheapest just to pay for that separately. Tickets to Fox House and Grindleford are a bit complex, but if they're going further out along the Hope Valley, it's much easier - from Sheffield to any of the villages between Hathersage and Castleton, all the bus companies on the 272 route accept each other's tickets, and they can even be used to get the train back.
  2. There are a few rented houses in the area; it's not a prime student area, but close enough to Hallam that there are a few around. There are good transport links, so there are a few more professional lets, but it's mostly owner-occupied. The mosque has had little impact, except on traffic at certain times of day. There's still plenty of parking on some of the side streets, even then. As several people have said, it doesn't broadcast a call to prayer. The mosque was completed seven years ago, so any people moving in or out of the area will already have happened. Living locally, it seems that it has attracted a few people to move to the area; I've not heard of anyone moving away because it was built, but anything's possible. Prices are going down a little across most of the UK, no doubt this includes Wolseley Road. The worst feature of Wolseley Road is that it's extremely busy with through traffic; I'd worry about that, not the mosque. On the positive side, there are excellent local facilities, and good access to town and transport links.
  3. It's up to the hotel - they can designate the rooms as smoking or non-smoking. Same goes for private rooms in a few other places, like nursing homes.
  4. Walking along the Don, you can get a bit past Rotherham, but I think the path runs out around Parkgate. It re-emerges somewhere further along, because you can walk from Doncaster past Conisbrough. You can walk north along the Don, although it's not all right by the river - there's a map here. There is a path up the Loxley Valley, starting from Malin Bridge. You can walk a pretty long way along the Sheaf, although, again, some of the path isn't right by the river. It's signposted from the town end of Queens Road all the way to Millhouses Park, and you can walk a bit further past there, most of the way to Totley. There are also paths along Whirlow Brook from Ringinglow down to the Sheaf, and along the Meers Brook from Herdings to Meersbrook. The longest waterside walk near here must be the one along the Derwent; it's signposted from Ladybower to Derby, and you can walk up from Ladybower onto the moors.
  5. There's plenty to do in Sheffield for anyone who visits for a few days. There are the museums and galleries, theatres, Showroom cinema, the Peak District, some great parks - particularly the Botanical Gardens, decent shops on Ecclesall Road and Division Street, or Meadowhall if they really must, and sporting stuff like IceSheffield and the Ski Village. I don't know why a few people who live here are so convinced the city is utterly unappealing - whenever I've brought visitors here, we've found plenty to do, and we've had a great time. As for the station, I reckon the walk up from there to the city centre gives a great first impression of the city.
  6. Sheffield's as good as anywhere in the country, and better than almost everywhere. People do come here for the real ale, and they always seem to leave happy. Promoting it would surely be worth a go. There was a bit of this around the Food Festival last year, but something ongoing would be good. Perhaps a weekly walking tour visiting some of the breweries would pull in some extra tourists? As lots of the blog comments say, Sheffield's never going to be the Hay-on-Wye of beer, because Hay is a tiny town where most of the economy relies on the book trade - that'll never be the case with Sheffield and beer - but promoting what's already here and good can't hurt.
  7. Looks like all the attachments are down at the moment. Basically, it appears to be an official response from the council listing various concerns about the proposals, and proposing a way in which the city could be divided into five whole constituencies.
  8. Surely they are already supporting that, with the proposal (number 023091) that you mentioned above?
  9. The Biological Records Centre calls it Cobnar Brook. Not sure how they know, though, as it's not on any maps, and nobody local seems to call it anything in particular.
  10. They're not running any more, although there is now an N52 bus from Hillsborough to Woodhouse.
  11. Just be sure not to play “Knurr and Spell”, “Tip-cat” or “Peggy”.
  12. If for some reason you're determined to get a bus, you can change in Chesterfield, but it'll take you over two hours that way.
  13. The 22a cafe on Norfolk Row has a big range of high-quality hot chocolate, and nice cake.
  14. I ate there around a year ago, in the evening. The food was reasonable, but nothing memorable. The service was excellent; very friendly and helpful without being intrusive.
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