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Kelham Island Museum

See how Sheffield made its steel, from little workshops to the River Don Engine, a colossal steam engine that still thunders into life.

A huge black Bessemer converter and machinery standing outside the red-brick walls of Kelham Island Museum

Alma Street, Kelham Island

Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8RY

Why it's a good date: Time it for the engine running in steam and feel the floor shake. It's free to get in, and the pubs of Kelham Island are on the doorstep for afterwards.

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  • The Fat Cat, a red-brick corner pub with a blue-painted ground floor and hanging baskets

    The Fat Cat

    Alma Street, Kelham Island

    23 Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8SA

    Settle into the little Kelham Island pub that started Sheffield's real-ale boom in 1981, with ever-changing local beers and a beer garden out back.

    Why it's a good date: A proper old-fashioned pub with no music, so you can actually talk. Pair it with the museum round the corner and make a slow afternoon of it.

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  • The Crucible Theatre's entrance on Tudor Square, with its name in large letters above a paved square

    The Crucible

    Tudor Square, city centre

    Crucible Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1DA

    See a play at the Crucible, where the thrust stage puts every seat close to the actors, or something lighter next door at the Lyceum.

    Why it's a good date: Sheffield Theatres' own productions are some of the best in the North. Book ahead, eat somewhere nearby first, and have a drink in the foyer bar at the interval.

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  • The long pale building of the Showroom and Workstation on a street corner, with the cinema sign on its tower

    Showroom Cinema

    Paternoster Row, near the station

    15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BX

    Catch an independent, foreign-language or classic film at the city's art-deco independent cinema, with a café bar downstairs.

    Why it's a good date: A film you'd never find at the multiplex, and a bar to talk about it in afterwards. It's a couple of minutes from the station, so it's an easy date night from out of town.

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