South Yorkshire 
Free Things to Do in Sheffield
There are 260 free things to do in and around Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Offering attractions with free entry, this page gathers them in one place with the nearest listed first.
Among them are Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Turner Museum of Glass and Alfred Denny Museum. 260 of them are free to visit; there is a mix of indoor and outdoor options (14 indoor, 246 outdoor); 2 welcome dogs. Each listing shows its address and, where the data is available, a website and phone number so plans can be checked before setting off.
Because facilities differ — some are full-day attractions, others a quick stop — checking opening times and any booking requirements ahead of a visit is recommended. The distances shown are measured from the middle of Sheffield, and the occasional listing falls in an adjoining town where it is the nearest option for Sheffield.
- 01 Fountain Precinct0.0 mi
- 02 Fountain Square0.1 mi
- 03 Peace Gardens0.1 mi
- 04 Winter Garden0.1 mi
- 05 Millennium Gallery0.1 mi
- 06 Graves Art Gallery0.1 mi
- 07 Pounds Park0.2 mi
- 08 Escape Sheffield0.2 mi
- 09 Furnival Square0.2 mi
- 10 Charter Square Musical Pocket Park0.2 mi
- 11 Fitzalan Square0.3 mi
- 12 Pinball Park0.3 mi
- 13 Turner Museum of Glass0.3 mi
- 14 Two & Six Micropub0.3 mi
- 15 Matilda Street Pocket Park0.4 mi
- 16 Devonshire Green0.4 mi
- 17 Love Square0.4 mi
- 18 Park Hill Residents Community Garden0.4 mi
- 19 South Street Park0.4 mi
- 20 Broom Green0.4 mi
- 21 Vicky Vitty Broomhall Garden0.5 mi
- 22 Nursery Street Pocket Park0.5 mi
- 23 Edward Street Park0.5 mi
- 24 Anjali's Green0.5 mi
- 25 Gell Street Pocket Park0.5 mi
- 26 Gell Street Park0.5 mi
- 27 Jessop West Exhibition Space0.5 mi
- 28 Headford Garden0.6 mi
- 29 Cholera Monument Grounds0.6 mi
- 30 Clough Road Square0.6 mi
- 31 Porter Brook Viewing Area0.6 mi
- 32 Chris Cannings Memorial Garden0.6 mi
- 33 Upper Hanover Playground0.6 mi
- 34 Leavygreave Road Pocket Park0.6 mi
- 35 Ken Hawley Collection0.6 mi
- 36 Alfred Denny Museum0.7 mi
- 37 Sunnybank Local Nature Reserve0.8 mi
- 38 Memorial Garden0.8 mi
- 39 Ponderosa0.8 mi
- 40 Weston Park0.8 mi
- 41 Neepsend Lane Pitstop0.9 mi
- 42 Tara Springs Park0.9 mi
- 43 Skye Edge Fields0.9 mi
- 44 Weston Park Museum0.9 mi
- 45 Crookes Valley Park1.0 mi
- 46 Cross and Car Park1.0 mi
- 47 Ellesmere Green1.0 mi
- 48 Somerset Park1.0 mi
- 49 Upperthorpe Peace Garden1.0 mi
- 50 Sheffield General Cemetery Park1.0 mi
- 51 Sharrow School Green Roof1.0 mi
- 52 Lowfield Park1.0 mi
- 53 Batt Street Square1.0 mi
- 54 The Butterfly Garden1.1 mi
- 55 Adventure Playground1.1 mi
- 56 Blake Street Nature Park1.1 mi
- 57 Philadelphia Gardens1.1 mi
- 58 Mount Pleasant Park1.1 mi
- 59 Norfolk Heritage Park1.1 mi
- 60 Neepsend Brickworks SSSI1.1 mi
- 61 Pitsmoor Adventure Playground1.2 mi
- 62 Staveley Road Community Garden1.2 mi
- 63 Valerie Garden1.2 mi
- 64 Ruskin Park1.3 mi
- 65 Salmon Pastures Nature Reserve1.3 mi
- 66 Sheffield Botanical Gardens1.3 mi
- 67 Parkwood Springs Forest Garden1.3 mi
- 68 The Stags Head Play Area1.3 mi
- 69 Black Bank1.3 mi
- 70 Heeley People's Park1.3 mi
- 71 Alexandra Road Community Park1.3 mi
- 72 Abbeyfield Park1.4 mi
- 73 Matlock Green1.4 mi
- 74 Parkwood Springs1.4 mi
- 75 Kenwood Hall grounds1.4 mi
- 76 Sheffield Manor Lodge1.4 mi
- 77 Gregory Road Park1.5 mi
- 78 Neepsend Railway Cutting1.5 mi
- 79 Heeley Common1.5 mi
- 80 Freedom Road Community Garden1.6 mi
- 81 Walkley Green1.6 mi
- 82 Parkwood Springs North1.6 mi
- 83 David Pierce Pocket Park1.6 mi
- 84 Anne’s Community Garden1.6 mi
- 85 Broadfield Park1.6 mi
- 86 Brooklyn Road Community Garden1.7 mi
- 87 Endcliffe Park Playground1.7 mi
- 88 Castle View Park1.7 mi
- 89 Manor Fields1.7 mi
- 90 Crabtree Ponds1.7 mi
- 91 Bolehill Recreation Ground1.7 mi
- 92 Kent Road Community Garden1.8 mi
- 93 Walkley Millennium Green1.8 mi
- 94 Tots To Tens1.8 mi
- 95 Lydgate Park1.8 mi
- 96 Osgathorpe Park1.8 mi
- 97 TopJump Inflatable Park1.8 mi
- 98 Endcliffe Park1.9 mi
- 99 Meersbrook Park1.9 mi
- 100 wildlife garden1.9 mi
- 101 Mulehouse Road Open Space1.9 mi
- 102 Rudyard Road Community Garden1.9 mi
- 103 Meersbrook Walled Garden1.9 mi
- 104 Kettlebridge Doorstep Green2.0 mi
- 105 Lydgate Green2.0 mi
- 106 Chelsea Park Playground2.0 mi
- 107 Lower Walkley Community Garden2.0 mi
- 108 Chelsea Park2.0 mi
- 109 Holme Lane Community Garden2.0 mi
- 110 Windy House Lane Pocket Park2.0 mi
- 111 Bishop's House2.0 mi
- 112 Busk Meadow Park2.1 mi
- 113 Fun House Play Centre2.1 mi
- 114 Mather Community Park2.1 mi
- 115 Rivelin Park2.1 mi
- 116 The Wedge2.1 mi
- 117 Darnall Community Park2.1 mi
- 118 Hillsborough Park2.2 mi
- 119 Horatio's Garden2.2 mi
- 120 Secret Garden2.2 mi
- 121 Bingham Park2.3 mi
- 122 Walled Garden2.3 mi
- 123 Hillsborough Park Playground2.3 mi
- 124 Scraith Wood Community Garden2.4 mi
- 125 Woodthorpe Ravine2.4 mi
- 126 Carterknowle Park2.4 mi
- 127 Don Valley Bowl2.4 mi
- 128 Phillimore Park2.4 mi
- 129 Gleadless Common2.5 mi
- 130 Shepherd Wheel2.5 mi
- 131 Gleadless Common Playground2.5 mi
- 132 Firth Park2.6 mi
- 133 Cookson Park2.6 mi
- 134 Cookson Park Playground2.6 mi
- 135 Barbers Field2.6 mi
- 136 Longley Park2.6 mi
- 137 Spider Park2.7 mi
- 138 Deer Park2.7 mi
- 139 Jungle Mania2.7 mi
- 140 Hollinsend Park2.7 mi
- 141 SRWT Carbrook Ravine2.8 mi
- 142 Wisewood Park2.9 mi
- 143 High Hazels Park2.9 mi
- 144 Studfield Hill Quarry2.9 mi
- 145 Woodthorpe Park2.9 mi
- 146 Brightside Recreation Ground3.0 mi
- 147 Millhouses water play3.0 mi
- 148 Rose Garden Playground3.0 mi
- 149 Bellhouse Road Playing Fields3.0 mi
- 150 Herdings Park3.0 mi
- 151 Millhouses Park3.0 mi
- 152 Parson Cross Park3.0 mi
- 153 Goole Green3.1 mi
- 154 Sensory Garden3.1 mi
- 155 Graves Park3.1 mi
- 156 Wincobank Common3.1 mi
- 157 Stannington Park3.1 mi
- 158 Jaunty Park3.2 mi
- 159 Wadsley Park3.2 mi
- 160 Oakes Park3.3 mi
- 161 Wadsley Park3.3 mi
- 162 Middlewood Park3.3 mi
- 163 Wolfe Road Park3.3 mi
- 164 Richmond Park3.3 mi
- 165 Wadsley Fossil Forest SSSI3.3 mi
- 166 Common Lane Open Space3.4 mi
- 167 Forge Dam Playground3.4 mi
- 168 Tiger Play3.4 mi
- 169 Forge Dam Park3.5 mi
- 170 Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet3.7 mi
- 171 Colley Park3.7 mi
- 172 Spider Park Playground3.8 mi
- 173 Concord Park3.8 mi
- 174 Bird Sanctuary3.8 mi
- 175 Whinfell Quarry Gardens3.8 mi
- 176 Woolley Wood LNR3.8 mi
- 177 Beauchief Gadens3.9 mi
- 178 Whirlow Brook Park3.9 mi
- 179 Greenhill Park4.2 mi
- 180 Limb Lane Picnic Site4.2 mi
- 181 Sycamore Park4.3 mi
- 182 Waverley Central Park4.3 mi
- 183 Grenoside Park4.3 mi
- 184 Shire Brook Valley4.3 mi
- 185 Ecclesfield Park4.3 mi
- 186 Train Park4.3 mi
- 187 Twentywellsick Wood Nature Reserve4.3 mi
- 188 Magna4.4 mi
- 189 Tannery Park Play Area4.4 mi
- 190 Waverley Lakes4.5 mi
- 191 Catcliffe Flash LNR4.5 mi
- 192 Flockton Park4.5 mi
- 193 Beaver Hill Park4.5 mi
- 194 Blackburn Meadows Nature Reserve4.6 mi
- 195 Rainbow Park4.6 mi
- 196 Coronation Park4.8 mi
- 197 East Park Fields4.8 mi
- 198 Linleybank Meadows5.0 mi
- 199 Ferham Park5.1 mi
- 200 Centenary Riverside Nature Park5.1 mi
- 201 Bradgate Park5.1 mi
- 202 Enchanted Forest Trail5.1 mi
- 203 Barker's Park5.2 mi
- 204 Green Oak Park5.2 mi
- 205 Dronfield Hall Barn Garden5.4 mi
- 206 Bradgate Brickworks5.4 mi
- 207 Scholes Coppice and Keppel's Field LNR5.4 mi
- 208 Willow Crescent Recreation Area5.4 mi
- 209 Waterthorpe Park5.4 mi
- 210 Cliffe Park5.5 mi
- 211 Woodhouse Washlands5.5 mi
- 212 Boston Park5.5 mi
- 213 Cliffe Park Playground5.5 mi
- 214 Hesley Bar Park5.5 mi
- 215 Moonpenny Field5.6 mi
- 216 Thorpe Green Park5.6 mi
- 217 Moonpenny Playground5.6 mi
- 218 Hammond's Field5.6 mi
- 219 Chapeltown Park5.7 mi
- 220 Goodwin Road Playing Fields5.7 mi
- 221 Sindelfingen Park5.8 mi
- 222 Dronfield Nature Park5.8 mi
- 223 Ecclesfield Parish Council Garden of Remembrance5.8 mi
- 224 Minster Gardens5.8 mi
- 225 West Park Drive Playpark5.8 mi
- 226 SRWT Blacka Moor5.9 mi
- 227 Lundy Road Playground5.9 mi
- 228 Hilltop Playground5.9 mi
- 229 Thorpe Hesley Recreation Ground5.9 mi
- 230 Cart Drive Open Space6.1 mi
- 231 Clifton Park Museum6.1 mi
- 232 Rock Garden6.1 mi
- 233 Clifton Park6.2 mi
- 234 Water Play6.3 mi
- 235 Rolling Acres6.3 mi
- 236 Rolling Acres6.3 mi
- 237 Cottam Road Open Space6.3 mi
- 238 Mortomley Park6.3 mi
- 239 Rolling Acres6.3 mi
- 240 Rolling Acres6.3 mi
- 241 Angram Bank Recreation Ground6.3 mi
- 242 Cow Rakes Lane Park6.4 mi
- 243 6.4 mi
- 244 Greasborough Field6.4 mi
- 245 Stead Street Play Park6.6 mi
- 246 Stead Street Play Park6.6 mi
- 247 35 Main Street (owned by 33 Main Street)6.6 mi
- 248 33 Main Street6.6 mi
- 249 Burgoyne Park6.6 mi
- 250 Greasbrough Park playground6.6 mi
- 251 Greasbrough Park standing stones climbing wall6.7 mi
- 252 Heathlands Park6.7 mi
- 253 SRWT Carr House Meadows6.7 mi
- 254 Valley Park7.1 mi
- 255 Wentworth Park7.1 mi
- 256 Rother Valley Country Park7.1 mi
- 257 Kitchen Garden7.1 mi
- 258 Town End Common7.2 mi
- 259 Agden Bog Nature Reserve7.3 mi
- 260 Aston Park7.3 mi
Good to know
How many free things to do are there in Sheffield?
This page lists 260 free things to do mapped in and around Sheffield, including Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet. Each entry shows its location and, where available, contact details.
Are any of the free things to do near Sheffield free?
Yes — 260 of the places listed for Sheffield are free to visit, marked with a "Free entry" tag in the list above.
What is there to do at free things to do near Sheffield?
Expect attractions with free entry. Exactly what is on offer differs between venues, so checking ages, facilities and any booking requirements with the venue before travelling is recommended.
How are the distances to each place measured?
Distances are approximate, measured in a straight line from the centre of Sheffield. The list is ordered nearest-first, and a few entries may be in adjoining towns where they are the closest option for Sheffield.