Directions for leaving Sheffield and going swimming - geograph

Park Square is a major

roundabout A roundabout, a rotary and a traffic circle are types of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junct ...

Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...

, England. The Sheffield Parkway, a major road from M1 Junction 33, terminates here. It is located next to

Ponds Forge Ponds Forge International Sports Centre is a leisure complex in Sheffield, England. It has an Olympic-sized swimming pool with 2,600 seating capacity, a family and children's pools (50 m Competition pool and 25 metre diving pit ...

and

Victoria Quays Victoria Quays (formerly Sheffield Canal Basin) is a large canal basin in Sheffield, England. It was constructed 1816–1819 as the terminus of the Sheffield Canal (now part of the Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation) and includes the former ...

. It is also a major

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junction connecting to the

Park Square Bridge Park Square Bridge, also known as the Supertram Bridge, is a prominent bridge in the city of Sheffield, England. It was constructed in 1993 using a bowstring, or tied arch design. The bridge carries the Sheffield Supertram The South Yorkshi ...

, and has many pedestrian bridges. During February 2025, an event dubbed as the Park Square siege occurred, in which an armed 47 year old man in a nearby apartment building was involved with a standoff with

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Roads running into Park Square

Clockwise from the North-East: * Sheffield Parkway ( A61/ A57) *Broad Street *Duke Street (B6070) *Sheaf Street ( A61) * Commercial Street *Broad Street West *Exchange Place

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