Invest in Sheffield

Home to the oldest football club in the world and an incredible selection of sporting facilities, it is not difficult to see why Sheffield was selected to be the UK’s first national city of sport.

These facilities include an all season artificial ski resort, Olympic swimming pool, golf courses, tennis courts and squash courts, ice rinks and more. The city also boasts the English Institute of Sport Sheffield, a state of the art venue purpose built for high performance sport and home to the World Snooker Academy.

The close proximity to the Peak District provides a perfect location for walkers, climbers and cyclists. The national park attracts climbers from all over the world who come to sample some of the estimated 10,000 recorded climbs. So popular is it as a climbing location, that many climbers have chosen to live in the city and the city now boasts probably the best indoor climbing facilities in the UK.

Every year the city plays host to the World Snooker Championships and English Squash Open as well as British Open show jumping. The city continues to attract international and national sporting events and was also chosen as the location for Channel 4’s popular show ‘The Games’.