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The Forum on Devonshire Street has anchored Sheffield’s independent quarter for decades: a bar and kitchen out front, indie shop units within, and a steady soundtrack of funk, soul, indie and Britpop. A natural basecamp for anything happening around Devonshire Green.

Can I get there and back

The last bus and tram, the walk, what is recorded about step-free access and the car parks.

About this place

Bollards in Devonshire Street - geograph.org.uk - 3015751
Basher Eyre , CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Shops in Devonshire Street - geograph.org.uk - 3015754
Basher Eyre , CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Devonshire St - geograph.org.uk - 4968580
N Chadwick , CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Flowerbeds on Devonshire Green - geograph.org.uk - 6139550
DS Pugh , CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Heritage

Nearby

Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Food hygiene

5 out of 5

Forum Kitchen & Bar (Other catering premises)

Food Standards Agency

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 7 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Food hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Updated 7 Oct 2026

What the records hold on this place

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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

West Street tram stop

About 129 m, roughly 2 minutes on the flat. Sheffield is not flat.

Nearest bus stop: Rockingham Street/RS1, about 156 m (2 min).

Stop names and positions: NaPTAN, Department for Transport, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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

The Forum 127-129 Devonshire Street, Sheffield S3 7SB

Nearest stops within 400 m

  • TramWest Street160 m, about 2 min walk
  • TramWest Street170 m, about 3 min walk
  • TramWest Street190 m, about 3 min walk
  • BusRockingham Street/RS1200 m, about 3 min walk
    3030AX305252A9595S
  • BusWest Street/Mappin Street200 m, about 3 min walk
    63030AX30515252A120
  • BusFitzwilliam Street/Wellington Street200 m, about 3 min walk
    10A257257A257B
  • BusRockingham Street/RS2210 m, about 3 min walk
    6120120KSC1
  • BusWest Street/Fitzwilliam Street220 m, about 3 min walk
    67A3030AX30515252A
  • BusRockingham Street/RS3220 m, about 3 min walk
    51181257257A257B271

Live now within 1 km, 14 seconds ago

Nearest defibrillator: Defibrillator, 10 m, about 1 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.

Stop names, codes and positions: NaPTAN, Department for Transport, Open Government Licence v3.0. Lines 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.

Past events

  1. Vice City RadioLive Music
  2. PocketsLive Music
  3. Ski GirtzLive Music
  4. AmbaLive Music
  5. MontunoLive Music
  6. Magenta ApricotsLive Music
  7. Wolfman and the LateralsLive Music
  8. Mat HookLive Music
  9. UndergrooveLive Music
  10. Katie Bosworth & Fusion InusualLive Music
  11. 199xLive Music
  12. Highway ChildLive Music
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