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The opening ceremony was attended by dignitaries including the Swedish Ambassador to the UK. [136] The Sheffield store was the 20th opened in the UK and led to the creation of 480 new local jobs. The second-largest shopping centre in Sheffield is Crystal Peaks, located in the south-east of the city, alongside Drakehouse Retail Park.
The City of Sheffield is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. The metropolitan borough includes the administrative centre of Sheffield , the town of Stocksbridge and the larger village of Chapeltown and part of the Peak District . [ 7 ]
Sheffield is a geographically diverse city in England. It nestles in the eastern foothills of the Pennines [ 1 ] and the confluence of five rivers: Don , Sheaf , Rivelin , Loxley and Porter . As such, much of the city is built on hillsides, with views into the city centre or out to the countryside.
Map of South Yorkshire, UK with Sheffield highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 165%: Date: 1 September 2013: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Most data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by Spischot. Author
Description: Sheffield outline, showing motorways and urban areas. Date: April 2007: Source: Mapping is derived from Open Street Map data, which is licensed under a creative commons attribution sharealike licence.
The areas of Sheffield, a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England, vary widely in size and history. Some of the areas developed from villages or hamlets, that were absorbed into Sheffield as the city grew, and thus their centres are well defined, but the boundaries of many areas are ambiguous. The areas of Sheffield do not play a ...
Northern England has a strong export-based economy, with trade more balanced than the UK average, and the North East is the only region of England to regularly export more than it imports. [ 178 ] [ 179 ] Chemicals, vehicles, machinery and other manufactured goods make up the majority of Northern exports, just over half of which go to EU ...
Travel South Yorkshire tickets covering Sheffield or the whole of South Yorkshire are valid on Supertram services as well as local buses and trains. Unlike some other tramway and light rail operators in England, Supertram accepts concessionary travel passes issued by any English local authority. [47] PlusBus tickets are accepted as well.