Sheffield: Guide and History 

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how many trees did the council destroy in the end? alot of effort has been made and the city has some beautiful features, however, it collectively leans towards looking very ugly partly because architects are intent on pretending grotesque, ugly, brutal, souless and cold designs are somehow 'pretty', it's a global trend.

I think it's been overtaken by Milton Keynes.

They certainly destroyed the best tram transportation system in the world.

Scc is on a mission to destroy everything that is Sheffielders hold dear. look at the city centre , and what it’s become and u could weep

Its a shame that the uk cpuncils dontnask people if they want building's to stay up before knocking them down... they don't care about the communities

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Blue Horizon queues ?????

Aww cheers! We do try xx

Love Sheffield xx

I suppose you would love that fact that it’s like a village not a city

Yes

i might be moving there, any chance we could connect?

Who are you talking to?

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Brilliant

nice

Get shut of em!

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no it's not

bit of a stretch

NOT

Have you ever left Yorkshire? Heck, even in Yorkshire we have one of the most beautiful cities in Europe: York!!.

I mean, I’m a Sheffield lass and I defend it’s honour but let’s not be delusional

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@@simonabbott725 agreed

Mostly it African ... end arab .....

Nicholas Mannering it used to be and this is clearly old

London, Birmingham, Manchester then Sheffield...

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@@RonaldRaygun53 In order it is actually Birmingham first, Leeds second, Glasgow third and Sheffield fourth. Officially London comes way down the list as The City of London and Westminster are the only authorities in the Greater London area to hold city status. Now in reality, it is ludicrous to suggest that any of the above cities are bigger than the capital. Historically UK city boundaries are very arbitrary and differ from region to region. Therefore, trying to measure cities in this way is a pointless exercise. For instance, cities in the old West Riding of Yorkshire are notorious for exaggerating their size and population. Sheffield includes much of the Peak District within its city limits. Worse still are Leeds and Bradford. Leeds includes places miles away such as Wetherby and Otley within its city limits. Bradford includes the towns of Keighley, Ilkley and Silsden. All of which are a considerable distance from Bradford and separated by miles of green belt. Don't get me started on Wakefield! Contrary to this is Manchester, whose city boundary only includes a fraction of it's contiguous urban area. Similarly Liverpool and Glasgow's boundaries are drawn very tight. Put it this way, if I was unfamiliar with this country and was randomly dumped in Sheffield city centre and told I was in the 4th largest city in the UK, then I'd be left feeling very underwhelmed and disappointed. To conclude, in real terms Sheffield is probably only about 8th largest in the UK behind London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds and Bristol.

@King Kong I did Google it thanks. I went on Google Earth and saw a medium sized blob called Sheffield pretending to be bigger than a much larger blob called Glasgow and an even larger blob called Manchester. In all seriousness, UK city boundaries are very arbitrary by nature and differ from region to region and are thus a pointless guide to determine a city's 'real' size and population.

4th largest in England...

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It means 'two weeks'

It may include part of peak district but this area is very sparsely populated. Beautiful villages such as High and Low Bradfield are included as you say but with only 17000 people living there. Sheffield's city population is bigger than both Manchester, Liverpool and Bristol. Salford is a city in it's own right and Manchester itself has a lower population than Sheffield. Of course it has enveloped many surrounding towns over the years, hence Greater Manchester which has a much bigger population. It's rather like Sheffield metropolitan area including Rotherham, Barnsley, Dearne Valley, Doncaster...basically the whole of South Yorkshire. Saying all that... I'm amazed Leeds hasn't decided Bradford is part of that city!

That's semantics. As alluded to in my previous post, official city boundaries are arbitrary and essentially meaningless. Key difference, the Manchester metropolitan area is monocentric and contiguous whereas the Sheffield / South Yorkshire conurbation is polycentric and fragmented. Apples and oranges really.