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Victoria Quays

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About this place

Canal basin in Sheffield, England

Victoria Quays is a large canal basin in Sheffield, England. It was constructed 1816-1819 as the terminus of the Sheffield Canal and includes the former coal yards of the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway.

From Victoria Quays on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sheffield Super tram passing Victoria Quays
kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Straddle Warehouse, Wharf Street, Sheffield - geograph.org.uk - 3906042
Stephen Richards , CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Herd of Sheffield, I Follow a Different Herd - geograph.org.uk - 5039358
Graham Hogg , CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
50 'I Follow a Different Herd' - Victoria Quays - geograph.org.uk - 5063752
Dave Pickersgill , CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Heritage

Nearest toilets

Toilet Map (CC BY 4.0)

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 14 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Updated 14 Sep 2026

What the records hold on this place

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Food hygiene

Hygiene 5 of 5

Rated as Archies Diner · Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen · inspected 5 Mar 2026 · matched by position, 1 m away

The rating on ratings.food.gov.uk

Accessibility

Accessibility is not recorded for this venue. Nothing here is guessed from the building or the business type, so the honest answer is that nobody has recorded it. Ring ahead, and if you find out, it can be added to OpenStreetMap.

Nearest accessible public toilets

Getting there

Fitzalan Square/Ponds Forge tram stop

About 276 m, roughly 3 minutes on the flat. Sheffield is not flat.

Bus stops come from NaPTAN, which is not stored on this site, so only the tram is answered here.

The building

This building is not on the National Heritage List for England. Plenty of good buildings are not listed.

Listed nearby

In the archive

Nothing in the stored Internet Archive index names this place. The index covers digitised Sheffield material, not every business.

Food hygiene: Food Standards Agency, Open Government Licence v3.0. Accessibility and venue tags: OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, plus the Great British Public Toilet Map, CC BY 4.0. Listed buildings: Historic England, National Heritage List for England, Open Government Licence v3.0. Archive items: the Internet Archive. Tram stop positions: South Yorkshire Supertram through the live map. The join of these into one venue record is by Sheffield Events. CC BY 4.0 · All data sources · Download these facts (API)

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Getting there

Victoria Quays Victoria Quays, Sheffield

Nearest stops within 400 m

  • BusSheffield Centre Exchange Place/CG15 (27597)110 m, about 2 min walk
    9798
  • BusSheffield Centre Exchange Place/CG14 (27596)130 m, about 2 min walk
    5202932
  • BusHyde Park, adj Broad Street/Blast Lane280 m, about 4 min walk
    242571A95
  • BusHyde Park, at Broad Street/Park Square300 m, about 4 min walk
    242571A95
  • BusSheffield Centre Waingate/CG19 (CG19)310 m, about 4 min walk
    X1X2X3X175252A65207
  • BusSheffield Centre Haymarket/CG20 (CG20)320 m, about 4 min walk
    22A99A31252SC2
  • TramSheffield Centre Fitzalan Sq – Ponds Forge From City340 m, about 5 min walk
    BLUEPURPTTYELL
  • TramSheffield Centre Fitzalan Sq – Ponds Forge To City350 m, about 5 min walk
    BLUEPURPTTYELL

Live now within 1 km, 1 minute ago

Nearest defibrillator: Defibrillator, 150 m, about 2 min walk

Parking within 800 m

Inside the Sheffield Clean Air Zone: older taxis, vans, buses, coaches and lorries pay a daily charge. Private cars are not charged.

Stops and departures: bustimes.org from Bus Open Data; tram stops and Clean Air Zone: Sheffield City Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Parking: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Walking times are estimates.

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