Is Sheffield Now The UK’s Best City? 🇬🇧

😊 Welcome to our latest adventure as we explore the incredible city of Sheffield, which has just been named as one of Europe’s best city break destinations. Join us on a journey through the Botanical Gardens, Weston Park, Sheffield canal and witness a breath-taking sunset as we discover why this is also the UK’s greenest city.

As well as visiting some of Sheffield’s top rated visitor attractions such as Kelham Island Museum and Weston Park Museum, we also sample one of the city’s most unique dining options and discover some hidden gems where you can escape the crowds of tourists and the busy city centre for a while!

🛜 If you are planning a visit to Sheffield, their visitor information pages may help 👉🏻 https://www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/visit/

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👀 You can also join us as we explore The Peak District National Park, right on Sheffield’s doorstep, by watching this video next 👉🏻 https://youtu.be/Av5LzAn-jYE?si=0QPSvOym4TmyDPaT

⭐️VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS⭐️
00:00 Welcome to Sheffield
00:12 Sheffield Botanical Gardens
03:10 Joni @ Sheffield Botanical Gardens
04:02 Weston Park Museum and Art Gallery
05:50 Kelham Island Museum
08:15 Sheffield City Centre
08:50 The Peace Gardens
09:24 The Winter Gardens
09:58 Brewski Sheffield
11:08 Sheffield and Ainsley Canal Walk
12:40 Sheffield Amphitheatre / South Street Park
13:30 Gateway to The Peak District

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welcome to Sheffield which has just been named the second best city break destination in all of Europe so we’ve come here today to find out what all the fuss is about and we’re starting with a visit to Sheffield botanical [Music] gardens well we found the rock garden this is beautiful nice little waterfall some ducks have just landed on the water as well they’re swimming around and the weather is on our side oh the weather is on point also there’s fish in the water as well I was not expecting that that’s koi is it koi there’s no need to be koi about it it’s a wild Sheffield cat he’s got a crushy little life he that’s got a crushy little life morning morning dude oh oh it was so beautiful oh so beautiful hello friendly locals [Music] so we found the Bear Pit and we don’t know whether this was actually a bear pit or whether it’s just ornamental there’s nothing here with information there like a little plaque yeah so if anybody knows the history of this then let us know in the comments below because we’re not sure there is a bear in there we could Google it obviously he’s not real well I hope not cuz he’s looking pretty stiff now I’m no hay culturalist so I don’t know the names of many plants but L there’s these little tags and I quite like the name of this one it’s called The Hairy Canary Clover or Lotus hutus does your her suit issue sir now that is a tree now that is very bright I feel I feel like I’m in Japan I need sunglass is a bit [Music] like this is cool we’ve come into the glass Pavilion obviously it’s like a greenhouse in here it is a greenhouse and it feels like a greenhouse it’s very warm it’s lovely though it’s really nice this is going to be incredible because I’m assuming there’s going to be loads of exotic plants like the banana pal and everything behind you we love isn’t that a chocolate something to do with chocolate or am I wrong I’m wrong oh like the cocoa stuff yeah maybe I can’t believe this is all free to visit I know we didn’t think this was going to be open we thought it was going to be 11:00 so like we weren’t going to come here don’t listen to Google Google will tell you it’s open at 11:00 it’s always wrong open at 9 making our way through the jungles of Sheffield so Jason’s just looked at the temperatur actually 34 C in here and I’m wearing a hoodie nice spot you find there just taking it all in nice IC latte but Picture Perfect the seat’s actually really cool do not touch that no would really [Music] excuse me ke tell is where we can get some breakfast that way that way apparently over there thanks well we’ve just been for breakfast in a place called Joanie which is tucked in one of the corners of the botanical gardens absolutely beautiful place to sit and have something to eat incredible views over the botanical gardens as well and the staff were really friendly and they’re giving us loads of tips about what we should see in the city today but critically the food did not disappoint really really good coffee which obviously is the most important thing and that breakfast sandwich it was incredible oh sausage bacon really yummy bread tell you could tell it wasn’t cheap food and it wasn’t that expensive in there either though so you know it looks like it should be expensive it’s expensive it’s a bit of a bougie looking place but the price really wasn’t that [Music] bad our next stop was the Western Park Museum and art gallery which has a little bit of everything from Natural History to ancient Egypt but there’s a big focus on the history of Sheffield way back from prehistoric times all the way up to modern day including exhibitions on some of the IND industry and people that have made the city what it is as well as local archaeological finds and artwork by local artists Josh there the head of a T-Rex go on go and pose with your idol resemblance is uncanny just been in the ancient Egypt section as well and there was a sarcophagus in the middle they call it sarcophagus the tomb thing something and I was reading there’s actually a mummified person in there oh is there there’s a mommy of a woman oh you know this Museum’s haunted 100% all of these stuffed animals definitely come alive at night imagine being here and that woly Rhino comes alive that thing’s huge have you ever watched nightly Museum yep that’s that’s this Museum well it’s not but it does the same thing lower Walkley please driver what lower Walkley please 10 P please oh cheap like it oh no [Music] this is the Kellum Island Museum built on a man-made Island that’s over 900 years old in one of the oldest industrial districts in Sheffield this Museum took us completely by surprise focusing on the Heritage and Industry that made Sheffield what it is with a big focus of course on the steel making industry with Sheffield being known as the Steel City well she looks like she’s been buffering still for a little while too long of course the good thing about this museum being free to ENT is it doesn’t cost you an arm and a leg all right time for you to clock on for your shift worst part of the day all right get dressed looking good Josh you’re ready for a day now thank you well we were really enjoying this Museum but we got so lost in the Maze downstairs that is the still works Museum part that we nearly completely missed this whole upstairs section which is the transport Gallery well we was going to leave it was like we haven’t seen the cars yet or car we saw on Google Google told us there was cars and he was like where is it there was some stairs that were blocked off but we found it it’s fine yeah we didn’t turn left at one point there was a tiny little room with some stairs up and we found it now I’m glad we did because there’s like an Old Stage Coach here that’s really cool and then there’s a clock with next to a big Maiden sheon I keep hearing ticking it’s really throwing me off like every time it does it I like what’s that and then I realize it’s the clock yes so this is the boiler that powers the river Dawn engine which we’ve just seen which is the large no most powerful surviving steam engine in Britain it little bit disappoint pointed because it’s not actually working at the moment sh they’ve got an issue with gas supply apparently which Powers this massive boiler also it smells like butter in here and I don’t really know why [Music] odd who’s whistling that’s creepy oh it’s an ous Josh did you need the Lo need a toilet be right back I like the way they’ actually put the thing there what do you mean a thing put like a sheet on it oh so you can’t use it so we or poops on it basically [Music] now we saw this green police box last time we were here and it still fascinates us because it is an actual old working police box obviously not used anymore but I’m still convinced there’s like some sort of secret society or something behind there it’s like a tardis or something and there’s like a secret nightclub for only special people allowed come on in you need to know the password [Music] now this has to be one of our favorite parts of Sheffield City Center the peace Gardens right outside the town hall is described as the Heart of the City and it’s easy to see why because there’s just people everywhere around here playing in the water fountains and just sitting chilling out enjoying the weather brave enough to run through like that kid just did maybe in summer now no and then right next door is the Winter Garden which is like this massive indoor tropical house that you can just wander through and sit down take a bit of a chill if it’s cold or raining we’ve literally just sat in there for 20 minutes because we’ve done a lot of walking today now we saw this elephant last time we were here and people in the comments pointed out to us that it was an Arctic Monkeys elephant and we can definitely see it this time because it literally says it on the back of the elephant’s leg I don’t know how we didn’t notice that last time I don’t know how I just hit my head on this tree anyway I’m starving I mean to be fair we haven’t eaten that much all day no how about I take you somewhere really nice oh my God brusi was amazing so good they describe themselves as a Comfort Food Emporium and I think they just about nailed that spot on they weren’t wrong that mac and cheese was unlike anything I think I’ve ever tasted in the UK before we even took some home we did I’d like to say finished it all but I’m absolutely full to the brim now though so I think we definitely need to walk that off we’re better to walk it off than the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal now we’re not going to walk too far along the canal tonight it’s very peaceful out here apart from Josh standing on sticks and there’s not many people walking along here probably because we’re leaving the city center behind but we have seen on Google Maps that there is some streetart somewhere along here so we’re hoping we’re going to go and find that and one of the reasons we love walking along canals is because you never quite know what you’re going to see like the boat we’ve just walked past that’s got loads of skeletons around it which is a bit strange and a little unnerving they obviously want to scare us away well they’re not going to I’m finding this street art even if I end up as bones Grim grim well there is street art and there is graffiti and there’s definitely both of them here unfortunately some of the wannabe graffities I was going to call them artists we use that term loosely have graffitied over the top of the street art I don’t know why people bother why spoil it because they haven’t got the talent to recreate it that’s probably why but jealousy but didn’t ruin our enjoyment of it though some of that is really really good very very good go go go go I was not expecting you to do that you talk into a monster on the wall [Music] we decided to end our day at South Street Park where there’s this incredible Amphitheater built into the Hillside and as you can see it’s a really popular spot with the locals for Sunset and it’s easy to see why another title that’s been given to Sheffield though is the greenest city in the UK with more trees than any other City and it’s helped by its close proximity to England’s first everever national park the Peak District which is another fantastic reason to visit Sheffield and use it as a base because it’s literally right on the peak District’s doorstep so why not join us as we explore some of that incredible National Park click the video on screen now as we hike from Lady Bower Reservoir all the way up to Bamford Edge we’ll see you over there