2025 Venue & travel

Getting here

Train

• The Owen Building is 5-10 minute walk from the train station and the transport interchange nearby.
• Leave the train station, cross the road and walk straight up Howard Street
• On your right at the top of Howard Street is Hallam Square and the main entrance to the Owen Building.
• Please note that Howard Street is quite steep, an alternative entrance is available via the Sheaf Building, opposite the train station and following the signs to the Owen Building once inside.

To plan your journey by train please visit www.nationalrail.co.uk

Bus

The nearest bus stops are on Arundel Gate. We are also close by to Sheffield Interchange. To plan your journey please visit www.travelsouthyorkshire.com

Tram and Park & Ride options

The nearest tram stop is at Sheffield Train station. There are also numerous park and ride options for the Tram, to see where you could park and ride please go to www.travelsouthyorkshire.com

Parking

The nearest car park is Q-Park’s Charles Street car park, located on Arundel Gate. This is a multi-storey car park, offering 530 parking spaces as well as disabled and parent and toddler bays. The car park has secure entry gates and is fitted with bright lighting and CCTV cameras. Full details: www.q-park.co.uk/en-gb/cities/sheffield/charles-street/

Taxis

Private hire taxis can be booked Veezu on 0114 239 39 39, see www.veezu.co.uk/sheffield for details.

Uber is available in Sheffield.

Black cabs can be hailed in the street, there are taxi ranks at the Train station and at Barkers Pool. A map of taxi ranks is available here www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/parking/taxi-ranks.

About Sheffield

Eat & drink

There are loads of great places to eat and drink in Sheffield these days, here our some of our favourites near the Crucible. Take a look at Our Favourite Places for more inspiration.

• Cambridge Street Collective
  lots of tasty food options from street food stalls in Britain’s largest purpose built foodhall.
• Tamper
  Kiwi cafe culture brought to South Yorkshire. Great food and even better coffee.
• Street Food Chef (Arundel Street)
  the best burritos (and I don’t just mean in Sheffield).
• Birdhouse Tea bar & Kitchen
  a heaven for tea drinkers. Try some of their lovely cakes or stop in for lunch or breakfast.
• The Rutland Arms
  officially the best pub in the world. Plus some of the best food you’ll get in a pub anywhere. We recommend trying the small plates (though the chips are pretty good too).
• The Sheffield Tap
  a station pub that’s actually good! It has pretty much any beer you can think of, but don’t expect much more than crisps and nuts in the way of food.

Things to see & do

• Work
  ok, not the most fun thing to do, but if you need some space to work during your visit our friends at Sheffield Tech Parks have a very reasonably priced co-working drop-in day rate.
• Winter Gardens / Millennium Gallery
  tropical plants and art (not quite) in the same building.
• Discover Sheffield’s street art scene
  we’re a creative lot when it comes to drawing on walls.
• Kelham Island Museum
  learn about Sheffield’s industrial heritage. When they set the River Don Steam Engine going it gets proper loud.
• The Peak District
  the beautiful Peak District is easily accessible by train, bus and bike from Sheffield City Centre.

See Our Favourite Places for more ideas.