STEEL CITY (Sheffield in General)

Member Name: sammi1

Product:	Sheffield in General
Date:	03/11/00 (59 review reads)
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Advantages: A lovely place to live

Disadvantages: weather

Sheffield is one of the coolest and funkiest cities in Britain, due to its wide variety of cultures, it caters for everyones tastes, whether your a student or a pensioner, Sheffield is the best. It is truely one of the friendliest places, everybody knows everybody else!!!

As it is builton seven hills, the views are fantastic. Sheffield at night is the most beautiful site. Its a city amongst the countryside, surrounded by Derbyshire and the Peak District National Park, you don't have to go far to go rural.

Sheffield city centre is divided up into four main parts, The Moor, Fargate,Division Street and the markets, and they are all in easy walking distance of eachother. There are thousands of shops catering for all styles and tastes. Meadowhall is just outside Sheffield and can be easily reached by bus or tram, and it is a huge shopping complex. For the more alternative shopper there is the Forum on Division Street which is the cool place to be. The Peace Gardens situated in the town centre host a range of georgous fountains, and is like the calm in the eye of the storm.

Another hotspot of Sheffield is Ecclesall Road, this is where a lot of the student accomodation is. There are loads of pubs, cafes and restaurants. A large park is situated just up the road(Endcliffe Park) and the wittily named coffee shop "Endcliffe Perk".

There are loads of clubs in Sheffield catering for all musical tastes. Gatecrasher at The Republic is one of the most famous, but there is also The Unit(NY SUSHI), and Bed. For the more alternative music listeners there is Corporation and The Casbah, and for pop lovers there is the Leadmill, The Roundhouse and the City Hall(Hot Pants, a 70s night).

This is one of the best cities to see live music. With the new National Centre for Popular Music situated in town, live gigs at the leadmill every Saturday and plenty of others, you are never short of music, and with such exports as Pu
lp and Moloko, there is a lot of creative energy coming out of this city.

It is also a haven for alternative sports. The ski Village is one of the best dry ski slopes in Europe and is a must for snowboarders, and a new skate park has just been built in the centre of town for all the boarders and bladers!

To finish, Sheffield just a fab place to live. As the song goes "sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name" well that place is Sheffield.

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