Date spot in Sheffield
Millennium Gallery
Browse the free gallery next to the Winter Garden, with Sheffield's collection of cutlery and silverware, Ruskin's treasures and changing exhibitions.
Arundel Gate, city centre
Address: Millennium Gallery, Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PP- Culture
- Rain-proof ☔
- Free
Why it's a good date: The Metalwork Gallery shows off the city's steel-making skill in a way that's surprisingly beautiful. Check what's in the big exhibition space, then get a coffee and walk through to the glasshouse.
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Sheffield Botanical Gardens
Clarkehouse Road, Broomhill
Address: Sheffield Botanical Gardens, Clarkehouse Road, Sheffield S10 2LN- Outdoors
- Free
- Best in Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Romantic
Stroll the lawns, rose garden and themed borders of the Victorian botanical gardens, and step inside the curving glass pavilions.
Why it's a good date: Free, peaceful and lovely in every season, with the glass pavilions for a short shower. Bring a picnic for the lawns in summer, then wander down to Sharrow Vale Road for a drink.
Photo: A J Paxton, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped and resized)
Kelham Island Museum
Alma Street, Kelham Island
Address: Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8RY- Culture
- Rain-proof ☔
- Free
See how Sheffield made its steel, from little workshops to the River Don Engine, a colossal steam engine that still thunders into life.
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.
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped and resized)
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.
Photo: Chemical Engineer, Public domain (cropped and resized)
