About Copthorne Hotel Sheffield

Copthorne Hotel Sheffield presents a comprehensive offering of both business and leisure facilities making it an ideal accommodation option regardless of the nature of your stay. The adjacent Sheffield United Football Club’s stadium offers extensive meeting facilities and guests can also access several nearby attractions and indulge in the hotel’s bar and restaurant.

About Sheffield

Located in South Yorkshire, Sheffield is one of the eight largest cities in the Untied Kingdom. The city obtained worldwide recognition for its steel production facilities during the 19th century. Many innovations in the industry were produced here including stainless steel and crucible. As a result during the Industrial Revolution there was a massive population increase in the city.

But beyond its traditional importance as a steel producer the city also has various other important aspects that it is famous for today including its sports, museum and musical connections as well as being at the meeting point of 5 different rivers. The city also has a high concentration of trees which has earned it the reputation as being the city in Europe with the highest trees per person.
 
Sheffield is also a city that is rich with film history as it has been the filming site of several different films including Fully Monty and When Saturday Comes. It is also the host of the United Kingdom’s leading documentary festival, The Sheffield International Documentary Festival.

Sheffield also features a rich sporting tradition that has carried on through the years. The city was the site of the world first ever football club Sheffield F.C. and it was also the site of the world’s first amateur league.

Beyond football Sheffield is also tied to Snooker and to many fans of the sport the city is known as “Snooker City” as well as the fact that the Snooker World Championship is held at the Crucible Theatre. The English Squash tournament is also held in Sheffield every year as well as the International Open Bowls tournament.

Several beautiful nature related attractions are also on offer including the Peace Gardens and Sheffield Winter Gardens are also on offer guests to peruse at their own leisure. A farm lies in the city outskirts and another animal collection that provides an interesting and different glimpse of life.
 
Several museums are also housed here providing glimpses in to various aspects of the past and present. Museums housed in the city include the Kelham Island Museum, Weston Park Museum, The Sheffield Fire and Police Museum and Shepard Wheel. A museum of particular interest is the National Centre for Popular Music that symbolizes the city’s strong connection to music.

Sheffield also houses several large parks that are ideal for recreational and relaxation purposes. In fact Sheffield actually has 50 public parks scattered throughout the city.