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200 year old curved stone walls and catacombs with two pillars at the side of a flight of stone steps

Major Milestone at Sheffield General Cemetery Heritage Park

Sheffield General Cemetery, one of Sheffield’s most fascinating locations, is celebrating the end of a four-year £3 million conservation and repair programme this month. Extensive structural repairs to the Cemetery’s famous catacombs has been done, key monuments stabilised and the massive retaining walls supported, which are now nearing 200 years old, ensuring the Cemetery can continue to be treasured and admired by future generations.

02 June 2023

group of people in a meeting room discussing the Marnock Exhibition

Exhibition highlights Marnock’s impact on Sheffield’s landscape

Sheffield Botanical Gardens is partnering with the Gardens Trust to celebrate Scottish landscape gardener, horticulturalist, and writer Robert Marnock who lived from 1800 to 1889. Throughout June there will be a programme of events Celebrating Marnock at Sheffield Botanical Gardens, Weston Park, and Sheffield General Cemetery, which are all Marnock sites.

02 June 2023

Sheffield Wednesday captain Barry Bannan raising his hands up in the stands, wearing a blue and white striped Sheffield Wednesday top

Sheffield Wednesday to celebrate promotion with victory parade

After Sheffield Wednesday's win against Barnsley secured promotion to the Championship, the Owls will be celebrating with the city with a victory parade on Wednesday 31 May.

30 May 2023

People play on large outdoor musical instruments in Sheffield city centre.

New pocket park to bring music to city centre

A new pocket park in Sheffield city centre pays homage to the city’s musical greats and will inspire the next generation to get on their dancing shoes.

27 May 2023

Councillor Tom Hunt and John Burkhill wearing his green wig, and pushing his pram, outside Sheffield Town Hall

John Burkhill reaches £1million target for Macmillan Cancer Support

John Burkhill reaches £1million target for Macmillan Cancer Support - a statement from Councillor Tom Hunt

25 May 2023

A view of Pound's Park on a sunny day with buildings in the background.

Heart of the City: Park to be dedicated to Sheffield’s first Chief Fire Officer, John Charles Pound

Pound’s Park will be dedicated to Sheffield’s first Chief Fire Officer, John Charles Pound, in a ceremony on Saturday, May 27th.

24 May 2023

Council Leader, Councillor Tom Hunt, Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed and Councillor Douglas Johnson

Collaborative Council as new Leader announced

A new Sheffield City Council administration has been agreed, with a collaboration between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party.

18 May 2023

Trees in blossom on a residential street.

Sheffield joins National Street Tree Sponsorship initiative

A new charity led scheme is launching in Sheffield today to help residents engage directly in street tree planting.

17 May 2023

Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Colin Ross, in his official Lord Mayor's robe, in the Town Hall

Colin Ross becomes the new Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Sheffield

Colin Ross has been voted in as the new Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Sheffield and inaugurated at Sheffield City Council’s Annual General Meeting.

17 May 2023

Sheffield delegation to attract investors to city at UKREiiF

An innovative city. A green city. A brilliant place to live, work and invest. That is the message coming from Sheffield leaders as a delegation from the city heads to the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum.

16 May 2023

CGI image of Attercliffe Waterside, with blue sky, path, and people

Citu and Sheffield Council seal the deal for transformational zero carbon Attercliffe Waterside scheme

Plans for the much-anticipated Attercliffe Waterside scheme in Sheffield are set to forge ahead with the announcement that Sheffield City Council and sustainable developer, Citu, have exchanged contracts on a development agreement for the site.

16 May 2023

Sheffield Voter ID figures

Following the local elections on 5 May, we have collated the Voter ID figures for people turned away, on polling day, due to not having an acceptable form of ID.

15 May 2023

Clean Air Zone: Retrospective financial support scheme now open

The retrospective financial support scheme for residents and businesses who have already upgraded their most-polluting vehicles is now live.

12 May 2023

A variety of trees and grass in foreground with very blue sky with a few clouds

Botanical Gardens to host Sheffield Tree Fayre

Celebrating the wonder of trees and woodlands will take place again this year, with the Sheffield Tree Fayre, in Sheffield Botanical Gardens. This one-day tree-fest, running from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 20th May 2023, will feature a variety of tree-related activities including children’s outdoor forest school activities and indoor crafts, adult wood craft stalls, guided tree walks and a number of wood and tree-themed stalls.

12 May 2023

Ukrainian musician Maryna Krut is dressed in traditional dress and posing with a bandura instrument.

Eurovision unites Sheffield and Ukraine

Sheffield and Khmelnytskyi have been twinned since December 2022 and are coming together to celebrate Eurovision, in a show of solidarity as the United Kingdom hosts the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of last year’s winners, Ukraine.

10 May 2023