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Sheffield Botanical Gardens

Stroll the lawns, rose garden and themed borders of the Victorian botanical gardens, and step inside the curving glass pavilions.

The long row of white glass pavilions at the Botanical Gardens, with benches along a wide path and trees behind

Clarkehouse Road, Broomhill

Sheffield Botanical Gardens, Clarkehouse Road, Sheffield S10 2LN
  • Outdoors
  • Free
  • Romantic

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.

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

    Kelham Island Museum

    Alma Street, Kelham Island

    Kelham Island Museum, Alma Street, Sheffield S3 8RY

    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.

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    Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped and resized)

  • 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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