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Abbeydale Ale-o-rama

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Brothers Arms, Heeley - you might find a ukulele or two Sheffield is a geographically diverse city, you geography students already know that and it’s probably one of the reasons you decided to move here. The city nestles in its own natural valley created by seven hills and the confluence of five rivers. With picturesque hillsides; part urban, part rural and part national park (sitting in the Peak District). Trees out number people four to one and beery hotspots are abundant. Sheffield started as a village dating back to early last millennium, growing in the 18 th century to a thriving market town whilst becoming known as the production heartland for knives and forks. As the cutlery industry expanded rapidly through the industrial revolution, so too did the people to work the machines and the population swelled. Sheffield’s villages may have morphed together into the districts you now know over this dynamic phase; nonetheless each area has kept its own distinctiven