Sheffield Sights: City Centre

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• Millennium Galleries, Arundel Gate, www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/coresite/html/millennium.asp. M–Sa 8am-5pm (exhibitions from 10am), Su 11am-5pm. Bank holiday Mondays 10am-5pm, closed 25, 26 Dec and 1 Jan. Sheffield's largest art gallery, opened in 2001. The Craft and Design Gallery shows the work of past and present craftsmen and designers. The Metalwork Gallery showcases Sheffield's metal industries. The Ruskin Gallery hosts the collection of the Guild of St George, which was established in Sheffield by John Ruskin in the 19th century. The Special Exhibition Gallery hosts touring exhibitions from galleries like the Tate Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Millennium Galleries also provide a convenient through-route and escalator ride to take some of the sting out of the walk up from the station. Free.

• Winter Garden, 90 Surrey Street (adjacent to Millennium Galleries), www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/city-centre/public-spaces/the-winter-garden. Daily 8am-6pm. A glass and timber temperate conservatory in the city centre with exotic plants and palm trees. Temperatures are kept relatively cool in summer and warm in winter. A coffee bar makes it a nice place to sit, particularly if the weather outside is not so nice. A visitor information stall is in the gardens, as well as on Norfolk Row nearby. Free.

• Peace Gardens. Located next to the Town Hall (not the City Hall) in the centre of the city and near the Winter Garden. The rising and falling fountains and grassed areas make this small piece of open space a popular place in summer.

• Graves Gallery, Surrey St (above the Central Library), www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/coresite/html/graves.asp. M–Sa 10am–5pm. Home to British, European, Islamic and Chinese art. Free.

• Tudor Square. This very central pedestrianized square is home to Sheffield's main cultural attractions and the UK's second largest theatre complex. Noteworthy are the Lyceum Theatre built in Victorian times; Crucible Theatre, home to the World Snooker Championships; Central Library, www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/find/central, a grand 1930s library with an impressive volume of books, topped by the Graves Art Gallery; the Library Theatre with many shows by excellent local drama groups; and another entrance to the Winter Gardens.

• The Norfolk Heritage Trail A signed route linking a range of historical buildings and open spaces with connections to the Dukes of Norfolk. It runs for 2 ¾ miles from Manor Lodge to the Cathedral and is mainly downhill.

• www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/coresite/html/millennium.asp
• www.sheffield.gov.uk/out--about/city-centre/public-spaces/the-winter-garden
• www.museums-sheffield.org.uk/coresite/html/graves.asp
• www.sheffield.gov.uk/libraries/find/central