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Sheffield Botanical Gardens

 
Description: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, S10 2LN Tel/Fax: (0114) 2676496 Opening Dates and Times: All year Daily (excep ... more
Sheffield Botanical Gardens ... />Daily (except 25th December)
Open 10am to dusk.
Public Admission: Entrance free

Newest Review: ... House, the South Lodge and the Gatekeeper's House. At that time all of these three Grade 11 listed buildings were in ruins and completely derelict. Today they have been fully restored back to how they originally were in Victorian times and they are once again being used. Phase two of the project concentrated on the restoration of the glass pavilions. This was a major task as the pavilions ... more

 ... were in quite a poor condition and the "ridge and furrow sections" which once connected the three main domes had completely disappeared, the domes themselves had been derelict and closed for a number of years. These curvilinear glass pavilions...more

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micksheff
Premium Review Sheffield Botanical Gardens: Sheffield's Botanical Gardens (1433 words)
by - written on 26/09/07 (Very useful, 223 readings)
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Sheffield is the fifth largest city in England in terms of population but it is also one of the greenest cities in the country. I remember reading a few years ago that there were more parks and recreational areas within the urban boundaries of Sheffield per square acre of its total area than other city in England and any visitor to the city will probably vouch for this. The four largest parks in the City: Graves Park, Norfolk Park, Hillsborough Park and Endcliffe Park cover an area of over 300 hectares but there are actually 75 different public parks within the City, plus hundreds of public gardens and recreational spaces, and many of these are right in the ...  Read the complete review

Saul_Walker
Premium Review There is always Peace within Chaos (782 words)
by - written on 21/07/01 (Very useful, 174 readings)
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Sheffield is a leafy city outside the old industrial areas. Around the university and in the areas of Crookes, Walkley and Netherthorpe there are some large parks and fishing lakes. These areas allow my girlfriend and myself to get away from the noise and hustle of the city. Among these areas is the Botanical gardens, a walled off park that has been around since the Victorian age. This area really epitomises what a peaceful and horticulturally varied a real public garden should be. There are two entrances to the gardens, a small gate at the bottom of the park leading on to Thompson Road near Ecclesall, and the second being the main entrance on Clarkehouse ...  Read the complete review

nigelbs
Premium Review Sheffield Botanical Gardens: One of Sheffield's Little Gems (518 words)
by - written on 25/06/01 (Very useful, 132 readings)
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The Sheffield Botanical Gardens have been hidden away from most sightseers and daytrippers who huslte and bustle past the hidden entrance just off Ecclesall Road on thier way out westwards towards the Peak District. As you travel along Ecclesall Road from the city centre out towards the suburbs, on the righthand side, just before the Tesco store set in Berkeley Shopping Precinct you'll find the grandeur iron gated bottom entrance to the most tranquil of green patches in Sheffield. Stretching over many many acres, hidden behind high walls and Victorian Terraced Villas, the Botanical Gardens is a host to an enormous variety of plants, flowers and ...  Read the complete review

 

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