• Sheffield is officially Europe’s greenest city, having won the 2005 Entente Florale competition.
• Roughly a third of Sheffield lies in the Peak District National Park - no other English city includes parts of a national park within its boundary
• The number of people without a religion is above the national average at 17.9%.
• The largest quinary group is 20- to 24-year-olds
• The area that is now the City of Sheffield has been occupied since at least the last ice age
• Sheffield was granted a city charter in 1893
• The Sheffield district of Hallam was the highest ranking area outside London for overall wealth
• The Sheffield economy is worth £7.4 billion
• Sheffield is formally twinned with - Anshan, China - Bochum, Germany - Donetsk, Ukraine - Esteli, Nicaragua
• Sheffield F.C. is the worlds oldest football club formed by a group of cricketers in 1857
• Hallam F.C. still play at the world’s oldest football ground near Crosspool
• The International Open Bowls tournament is held in Sheffield at Ponds Forge
• Don Valley International Athletics Stadium is the largest athletics stadium in the UK
• The Sheffield Ski Village is the largest artificial ski resort in Europe
• 7.2% of Sheffield’s working population are employed in the creative industries, well above the national average of 4%
• The Lyceum, Crucible and Studio Theatre make up the largest theatre complex outside London.
• Sheffield was voted Most Popular UK Student Destination
• Sheffield College is the largest further education college in Europe
• Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre has hosted the World Professional Snooker Championships every year since 1977
• Liquorice Allsorts have been made in sheffield for over 100 years
• Hendersons Relish has been produced 120 years in Sheffield using a secret recipe for over 120 years
• Over half of the world’s surgical blades are made in Sheffield

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