24 July 2026 · 10:00
Summer Fun at the National Videogame Museum: The Arcade
Castle House, Angel Street, Sheffield S3 8LN
Summer holiday activities celebrating arcade history, with playable classics like Space Invaders and Tempest, joystick demonstrations and paper craft. Open every day with sessions at 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm; The Arcade theme runs from 24 July to 11 August.
Getting there and what to expect
Getting there
- Stops: Angel Street (CG3) (10 m); Angel Street (CG4) (27 m); Castle Street (CG10) (67 m) (Stops: NaPTAN, Department for Transport (OGL v3); lines: bustimes.org / Bus Open Data (OGL v3))
- Sheffield Rail Station 650 m away, tram at Castle Square 80 m away (Stops: NaPTAN, Department for Transport (OGL v3); lines: bustimes.org / Bus Open Data (OGL v3))
- Parking: Car park 80 m (OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL))
- Cycle parking 10 m, EV charger 410 m (OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL))
- About 5 min walk from the city centre (410 m, straight-line estimate) (Straight-line estimate at 5 km/h; streets are longer)
- Open on the main map with this event pinned (Sheffield Events live map)
- Can I get there and back? Put your postcode into the tool below for the last bus and tram, the walk home, and the car parks. (Timetables: Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.)
Around the venue
- Air quality within WHO guideline (PM2.5 3.1, PM10 12.1 µg/m³, sensor 2.4 km away) (Air quality: Sensor.Community (ODbL, indicative) and DEFRA UK-AIR (OGL v3))
- Defibrillator 70 m, toilets 240 m (OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL))
- No storm overflow discharging within 1 km (Storm overflows: Yorkshire Water (CC BY 4.0))
Can I get there and back
The last bus and tram, the walk, what is recorded about step-free access and the car parks.
- Nearest defibrillator Defibrillator 70 m away · 24/7
- Nearest toilets Toilets 240 m away · wheelchair accessible
- Nearest cycle parking Cycle parking 10 m away · free · 10 spaces · Sheffield City Council
- Nearest EV charger EV charger 410 m away
Read about this area on Wikipedia
- National Videogame Museum (United Kingdom)
- Kings Tower, Sheffield
- Boardwalk (nightclub)
The Boardwalk was a bar/nightclub based on the corner of Snig Hill and Bank Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
- Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
The Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation (S&SY) is a system of navigable inland waterways (canals and canalised rivers) in South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, England.
- Sheffield and Tinsley Canal
The Sheffield and Tinsley Canal (formally the Sheffield Canal) is a canal in the City of Sheffield, England.
Article titles and extracts from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; each links to its article.
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