Sheffield

Bar One

The main bar of the University of Sheffield Student Union, which is understandably always full of students, and which is also one of the most profitable union bars anywhere in the country. In the evenings you will need a Sheffield student card (or a friend who has one to sign you in) to gain admission. Cheapest drinks on a Sunday. Large, cheap, pool room. Also serves inexpensive, wholesome food (not everything comes with chips!).

Bungalows & Bears

formerly the Central fire station

Retro-chic bar with fantastic atmosphere, amazing music and great veggie food menu. 2nd hand "retro" clothing market on a Sunday. Free board games (e.g., Tequila Jenga). Frequented by the Arctic Monkeys, trendies and students alike.

Cafe#9

A coffee shop by day and an intimate live music venue by night, Cafe #9 is a distinctive space whose eclectic décor reflects the character and creativity of its Sheffield surroundings. Gigs take place most nights and tend to lean towards folk music. Easily reached by the No.56 bus from the city centre or a 30 minute walk

Cavendish

locally referred to as 'The Chavendish'

A scream/yellowcard bar (you get discounted drinks if you buy or have a friend with a yellowcard, which costs £1 to NUS card holders). Serves decent food; a cheap student pub/bar with pool tables.

Corporation

A dirty rock club with dirty cheap vodka, just the way the locals like it. There's 'Skool Disco' every Wednesday night (free admission in school uniform) and metal/goth on Saturdays. Fridays is skate and metal downstairs and something of a mix of dance, indie and classics upstairs. Mondays are popular with the student crowd, playing music everyone seems to know.

Crystal

Expensive bar, amazing décor. Anti-student (except Wednesdays).

Forum

Unique trendy café/bar (and shops) open late every night. Amazing outdoor patio on the Devonshire Green.

Foundry and Fusion

A fiercely active union night club that packs in students from Tu-Sa. The Tuesday Club is a surprisingly pricey hip-hop and drum & bass night that pulls in many big names. Roar on Wednesday night is big on cheap alcopops and inebriated sports teams. Friday is Space in the Octagon, a "chart" night, while visiting club nights and Climax, South Yorkshire's biggest gay club rotate monthly in the Fusion/Foundry. Saturdays is Pop Tarts, hosting 2 rooms (one is 1960s, 70s and "rock and roll", the other 1980s, 90s and 2000s).

Fox and Duck

An off-campus pub owned by the University of Sheffield Student Union but frequented by a more mixed crowd.

Interval

The second bar of the University of Sheffield Student Union, offering a more cosmopolitan atmosphere with local real ales, wine and food.

Porter Cottage

Indie jukebox, normal ales but amazing atmosphere. Landlady Mandy will know your life history by the time you leave. Get in early to get a decent table.

Revolution

Standard entry in the popular vodka bar chain. Popular with "orange" good-looking people but don't let that put you off, good range of drinks and affordable food menu by day. Decent DJ sets and adjoining pool room.

Sheffield City Hall

The impressive 1930s City Hall was refurbished and is home to many concerts, performances and travelling shows and is in the elegant Barkers Pool in the city centre which is home to Sheffield's cenotaph.

Sheffield O2 Academy

It's in the centre of the city, and offers live music from popular artists and occasional club nights.

Sheffield Tap

Offers a vast selection of beers from cask, tap and bottle that could rival any other Sheffield venue. Surroundings are thankfully lacking in the usually ubiquitous flat screen television. The only background music are the trains arriving and departing the station. The entrance is equally unpretentious so may be hard to find - it's at the north end of the station near the pedestrian crossing to the bus station, with another entrance straight onto platform 1.

Tank

A popular 'underground' house music venue. Open on Fridays and Saturdays until 5AM, with a student night held on Mondays.

The Bessemer

previously The Fountain

A modern, quite upmarket pub with a strong focus on its traditional English menu.

The Broadfield

A total refurb in December 2011 has finally seen this pub reach its full potential. The pub is now a decent size and serves a huge range of local (and further afield) cask ales, home-made pies and sausages, and stocks a whisky from every distillery in Scotland. Forget the City centre and head out to the suburbs!

The Brown Bear

Offers what must be the cheapest beer in the city and an incredible mix of both theatre goers and local people.

The Cobden View

This small and charming independent pub serves great local ales until approx. 1AM most nights, and is always bursting with atmosphere and friendly locals.

The Common Room

Large pool/sports bar. 12 American pool tables. Cheap drinks weekdays between 5 and 8 and a good cocktail menu.

The Frog & Parrot

A popular pub with a long history, in days gone by offering what it claimed as the strongest ale legally served in a British pub. These days it offers food and locally-brewed real ales and often features live music.

The Green Room

Compact bar, great range of bottled beers, great live indie music on a Wednesday.

The Hallamshire House

Is reputedly the only pub in Sheffield still housing a full-sized snooker table.

The Harlequin

The latest addition to The Ale Trail, more open plan and possibly less off putting to people who aren't used to real ale pubs than the others might seem.

The Harley

Plays host to cutting edge live music and varied club nights.

Open Late til 4AM on event nights

The Hubs

It looks like a big, silver, flying spaceship, close to the train station. Not as big or impressive on the inside as it is on the outside, a relatively small union bar.

The Night Kitchen

Somewhat more difficult of a find for the visitor due to its location outside of the city centre, this trendy club occupying an old cutlery factory was named as one of the ten best in the country by The Guardian in 2015.

The Nottingham House

"The Notty"

As it is better known has been extensively refurbished. Catering for locals, visitors and students, it really is a pub worth a visit. Home-made pies are a speciality and real ales are aplenty. Occasional live music on Thursday nights with acts from near and far. Pool table is very good value at 50p.

The Old Queen's Head

Occupies the oldest domestic building in the city, dating from 1475 (according to some records).