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Sheaf Square

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situated to the side of Sheaf Square opened on 22 December 2006 with street performances and a fireworks display. The gateway contains seating, trees, effective lighting and two large water features, one of which includes
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were constructed on the site in 1732, with Bamforth Dam following about 1780. The two were filled in 1856 to accommodate the proposed railway station. The square was built as part of the Corporation's post-
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steel sculpture. The new construction now acts as a 21st-century gateway to the city and aims to give a good first impression of Sheffield to those arriving by train.
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sculpture, leading people from the station, up Howard Street and into the city centre to the side of the Square.
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The maps below show the difference in the road layout of Sheaf Square before and after the remodelling:
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Sheaf Square - Shoreham Street, Paternoster Row, Howard Street, Pond Street, Sheaf Street
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traffic plan for Sheffield. The site became a major intersection on Sheffield's new
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Work began in 2006 to simplify the road system and create a primarily
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Sheaf Square with the railway station and Park Hill in the background.
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which was named Sheaf Square after the now subterranean river.
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The sides of the square are lined with major buildings:
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is a municipal square lying immediately east of the
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Index


city centre
Sheffield
England
Sheffield railway station
Showroom Cinema
Sheffield Hallam University
Students' Union
mixed-use development
Sheaf House
Dyson House
Porter Brook
River Sheaf
Forge
dam
World War II
inner ring road
roundabout
pedestrianised
water cascade
steel
Sheffield city centre
The Cutting Edge
Sheaf Square in 2002
Sheaf Square in 2006
OSM rendition of Sheaf Square 2012
Heart of the City
"All Change"
the original
"Cutting Edge, 2007"

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