Industrial Revolution Heritage Walking Tour (Self Guided), Sheffield

Steeped in history, the city of Sheffield is famed for its contribution to the Industrial Revolution, largely due to the development of stainless steel. Indeed, the “Steel City” of the United Kingdom, it was internationally renowned as a major hub of steel manufacturing during the 19th century. So much so, in fact, that George Orwell once famously referred to it as “the ugliest town in the Old World” – probably because of the smoking furnace chimneys dominating the skyline.

Nowadays, the country's fourth largest city may well no longer be the bustling picture of steel mills, forges and cutlery factories it once was, but it is packed with a lot of prominent landmarks that are calling visitors from all across the world with their unique, gritty charm that envelops local community today.

If you wish to find out what it was like to live and work in Sheffield during the Industrial Revolution, follow the growth of the city throughout the Victorian Era and explore the sights and sounds of industrial Sheffield, take this self-guided walking tour!