Peace Gardens and Millennium Square, Sheffield
Relax and play in Sheffield's Peace Gardens
The Peace Gardens and Millennium Square in Sheffield are in front of the city's Gothic town hall. These tranquil public spaces are close to Millennium Gallery and the indoor Winter Garden. The 1930s Peace Gardens have been redeveloped with the addition of Millennium Square as part of an inner city revival project in the late 1990s.
History
The first gardens were originally laid out in 1938 and were called St Paul's Gardens after the St Paul's church demolished at the site to make way for them. However, they were soon nicknamed, somewhat ironically, the "Peace Gardens" after the Munich Agreement of that year between the British government and Nazi Germany. The name became official in the 1980s.
Features
The Peace Gardens space contains several water features and the central Goodwin Fountain in front of Sheffield Town Hall. The eight Holberry Cascades represent Sheffield's many rivers and the flow of molten steel. They are named after Samuel Holberry (1814-1842), the leader of the Sheffield Chartist Movement.
The Heart of the City project that began in 1998 added the adjacent Millennium Square with its distinctive, nine steel fountain spheres. These represent the Sheffield steel industry and the water that first powered mass production. They are entitled "Rain" by sculptor Colin Rose.
Several plaques commemorate local people killed in various conflicts including the Spanish Civil War, World War II and the Korean War. There is also a memorial to the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, unveiled in 1985.
Nearby Hotels
Close to Sheffield Station is the 4-star Novotel Sheffield Centre. The Leonardo Hotel Sheffield is also 4-star and offers a bar, restaurant, and a 24-hour reception. Mercure Sheffield St Paul's Hotel & Spa has a restaurant, champagne bar, sauna and indoor swimming pool.
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Access - Getting There
The garden lies in front of Sheffield Town Hall and close to the Millennium Gallery.
The nearest Sheffield Supertram network stop is Sheffield Station / Hallam University on the Blue and Purple routes.
Sheffield Station has trains to London St Pancras, Liverpool Lime Street, Huddersfield Station, Leeds via Barnsley, Cleethorpes via Doncaster, Wakefield Westgate, Leeds, York Station in York, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow Central & Aberdeen. There are also trains from Sheffield to Piccadilly Station in Manchester and Stockport Station in Stockport.
There are buses to and from Sheffield to the spa town of Buxton in Derbyshire.
Nearby
Within easy walking distance of the Town Hall is Sheffield Cathedral, the Graves Gallery, the Sheffield Steelworker mural, and both the Crucible and Lyceum theatres.
The fun National Videogame Museum (NVM) is a 10-minute walk to the north in Castle House on Angel Street.
The engaging National Emergency Services Museum is also less than 15 minutes on foot. A little further away heading further north is the excellent Kelham Island Museum.
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