The Cultural Industries Quarter is a district in the city centre of

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, and one of the eleven Quarters designated in the 1994 City Centre Strategy. It is roughly triangular in shape, and is bound by

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Sheaf Square Sheaf Square is a municipal square lying immediately east of the city centre of Sheffield, England. The sides of the square are lined with major buildings: Sheffield railway station, the Showroom Cinema, Sheffield Science Park, the early ninetee ...

and Suffolk Road to the north-east, St Mary's Road to the south and Eyre Street and

Arundel Gate Arundel Gate is one of the main thoroughfares in Sheffield, England. It is located in the Heart of the City area of Sheffield City Centre. Arundel Gate also features a fifteen-stand bus station, including a ticket office building, completed in ...

to the north-west, with Granville Square in the south-east. The name given reflects the intention to create a cluster of music, film and science-based businesses in the area.Sheffield Hallam University,http://www.shu.ac.uk/services/facilities/estates/city/ciq.html Organisations based in the area include: * Showroom/Workstation * Red Tape Music Studios *

Leadmill The Leadmill is the longest running live music venue and nightclub in Sheffield, England, based on Leadmill Road, lying on the southeast edge of the Sheffield city centre, city centre. It opened in 1980 in a former flour mill, originally a Com ...

nightclub and venue * Sheffield Hallam University and its Students' Union (former

National Centre for Popular Music The National Centre for Popular Music was a museum in Sheffield, England, for pop and rock music and contemporary culture generally, a £15 million project largely funded with contributions from the National Lottery, which opened on 1 Mar ...

) *

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Sheffield Live Sheffield Live! is a community radio and local TV station originally established in 2003 as an independent company by the Community Media Association and is based in the city centre of Sheffield, England. History Sheffield Live! started opera ...

Site Gallery Site Gallery is an art gallery in Sheffield, England. It specialises in moving image, new media and performance based art. Site Gallery is based at Brown Street in Sheffield's Cultural Industries Quarter. It is an international centre for con ...

- art gallery *

Spearmint Rhino Spearmint Rhino is a chain of strip clubs that operates venues throughout the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. The first Spearmint Rhino was located in Upland, California. Operations John Gray is the founder & CEO of Spearmint ...

* CBC Computer Systems Ltd The

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is held around the CIQ each June.

Significant buildings

# The Butcher's Wheel # Stirling Works #92 & 92a Arundel Street #113 Arundel Street #Sylvester Works #Venture Works #Truro Works #Columbia Place #Redwood House #Cooper Buildings

References

External links

Cultural Industries Quarter AgencyOfficial Site
Sheffield City Centre (quarters) Culture in Sheffield {{SouthYorkshire-geo-stub