The Knowhere Guide

Inside Information in Sheffield, South Yorkshire*

Sheffield, South Yorkshire Hookup Spots and Stuff Only Locals Know

Hook-up Spots (That hallowed spot where everyone hangs around with their mates dreaming of the time when they can get into the pubs or clubs - a bench, a corner: you name it.)

• Street corners on the Wybourn housing estate. A fine place to purchase any substance, get into a fight, be stabbed, shot or if you want simply abused. Gangs of 4 - 30 year olds stand on streets, from 19:00 - 05:00, spending their dole money and trying to forget how hideous and void of anything worthwhile their lives are.
• city hall steps: THE place 2 go 4 all alternatives. Goths, moshers, punks, u name it. Occasionally they'll wander up 2 beef mountain which is right nxt 2 city hall or 2 Devvy Green on a nice day, but mostly city hall.
• Gleadless Town End - but they'd screwed the little buggers by knocking down the library, banning em from the snooker club and getting the coppers on the estate! Nice one.
• Corners of Jessops hospital.
• city hall steps r great but watch out for the cops at devonshire green that r there all through the day now mainly cos of the 5 or 6 lads that r down there trying to have away with anything they can get there hands on. THEY DID STAB ME SO BEWARE. but the cops will bust u for havin a toke so keep your eyes open.
• Endcliffe park, for when the sun comes out in sheffield!
• The ideal place to hang around is "division street" its a quality street its got great shops for all u moshers out there and a nice out door skate park where u can just chill and get high whilst watching people skating around.
• For the skater kids like I: the main hang outs tend to be places like the city hall steps, outside peak performance in orchard square, outside virgin or anywhere on division street/devonshire street, especially the forum and the park & skate park just round the corner. for the townies: theres the peace gardens and thats about it
• The top of the Moor (Outside McDonalds) you'll find your type of peepholes and where thay're going.
• oooh, the best place by far has to be devonshire quarter (home to the forum) get feeling all bohemian!
• Who want to go art in dee dar land with all them strange-voiced freaks? What dar dooin deer den dee? Stop at ooerm or go to t'Tarn for proper entertainment.
• Dore Village (The Recreation ground!)A place for low life losers lookin 4 a fight or a shag! U can only go there if ya THINK YA HARD ENOUGH!!!!!!! Also u hav 2 cheat on ya girlfriends wid sad mingin people dat look like horses! Da place 2 b on Halloween!
• Well thats got to be The devenshire skateparkor the city hall steps everyone is really freindly evan if u don't know them u should go down on Saterday/ Friday night and have a laf/bong
• Can't believe no-one's mentioned the permanent installation of skaters in Tudor Square outside the Crucible. Also a good place for spotting the glitterati performing at the theatre i.e. earlier this year that included Joseph Fiennes (Ralph also made it to one performance *sigh*) and next year there'll be the chance to spot the lovely Kenneth Branagh.
• the big tree on the cadet field ( not a pub, a real tree ) make rope swings, smoke herbs and sledge in the winter
• The peace Gardens/Club Wow
• outside the city hall is usually a pretty good place to hook up
• Gotta be Meersbrook Park a lot of smackheads on swings
• Basically Charvas then?
• The Peace Gardens, especially in summer or at night (but they have a security guard).
• Sainsbury's
• a comprehensive guide to sheffield skate spots can be found at: http://megalinks.net/~betamax/horse/places/sheff/index.html
• Orchard Square, particularly around Waterstones
• Note: now the the Goodwin fountain has been removed (to be put in the new peace garden apparently..) people are saying they'll meet at the ex-fountain. sheffielders just roll with the punches, man. cool.
• Steps of the City Hall. Currently advisable to be a skateboarder or member of lo-fi pop band with a healthy interest in Kraftwerk, but hey...
• Goodwin Fountain, or Fargate Fountain, great for meeting people, whether you know them or not, or just for sun bathing and watching the world. I don't know where I'll sit if they do knock it down.
• Safeway's car park.

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Last updated: 2008-06-23