Steel City Wanderers is an open group which explores the culture, geography and energy of Sheffield in the form of short, guided walks. The objective of the group is to explore areas of Sheffield and subjects not usually familiar to u3a members. These include; street art, poetry, music, industrial history and the natural and built environment. Walks are usually in the period April – September. Walks are limited to 20 -25 people so early booking is advisable! Popular walks may be repeated.
Steel City Wanderers in 2025
Steel City Wanderers will be active again – through the ‘summer months’ in 2025.
The first walk will be the latest in the fabulously informative series hosted by local author and historian Dave Pickersgill – “Sheffield Pub Heritage Walk #4 – Neepsend” – and will take place on Friday 16 May with an 11:00am start.
Dave will enlighten us on the architecture and history of the pubs we visit and the walk will be a maximum of two hours in duration. Dave has tailored the walk so that we will actually spend time in one or two of the historic venues that he will speak about (which – depending on whether you ‘fancy a tipple’ – may add a bit of time to the schedule)! If you’re not aware of it, the Neepsend Area is relatively flat and the walking will not be too arduous. We will start from a tram stop to facilitate us all easily arriving at the right place.
As you may imagine it is necessary to limit the number of people who participate, so we are looking to welcome twenty (maximum) enthusiasts
and places will be allocated on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis. Please lodge your expression of interest (one per person) by emailing me at:
soundsheffield@gmail.com
I will reply by return as to whether I have been able to allocate a place for you. It’s essential that you remember to include your email address in the correspondence.
I hold back from sending out the exact details on the meeting place and time; the route; other general information, until about a week before the day of the walk.
Further walks will be announced over the coming weeks so please keep an eye out for more information on this page.
COULD YOU ‘HOST’ A WALK?
We are always on the lookout for new ‘themes’. Do you have knowledge of a subject pertinent to the fabric, structure or culture of Sheffield? Could you share it with us on a walk? Areas we have covered in the past (but would be happy to cover again) include street art, music, local authors and other subjects. I would be happy to take on the administrative and publicity tasks, if you can lead the walk. If you would like to give it a go – please contact me at the email address shown above.
Thank you.
Brian Clark
If you were unable to join a particular walk you will find the details below:
| Historical Troublemakers – September 2022 | Music Heritage Walk – August 2022 | Walk around Owlthorpe – June 2022 |
| Street Art – February 2019 | Experiencing the Architecture of Flockton – September 2018 | Sheffield’s Football Heritage – June 2018 |
| Plaques, Stone, Bronze and Brushed – April 2018 | Stained Steel ‘Off the Shelf’ Creative Writing – 2017 | Sons and Daughters – May 2017 |
| Sheffield in Microcosm – 2016 | Street Art Walk – 2016 | Street Art Walk – the original – 2015 |
| Poets and Poetry – 2014 |