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Victoria Quays

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
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Straddle Warehouse, Wharf Street, Sheffield - geograph.org.uk - 3906042
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Herd of Sheffield, I Follow a Different Herd - geograph.org.uk - 5039358
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50 'I Follow a Different Herd' - Victoria Quays - geograph.org.uk - 5063752
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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 12 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Updated 12 Oct 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 tram stop

About 263 m, roughly 4 minutes on the flat. Sheffield is not flat.

Nearest bus stop: Exchange Place/CG15, about 85 m (2 min).

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

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

  • BusExchange Place/CG15110 m, about 2 min walk
    9798
  • BusExchange Place/CG14130 m, about 2 min walk
    5202932
  • BusBroad Street/Blast Lane280 m, about 4 min walk
    242571A95
  • BusBroad Street/Park Square300 m, about 4 min walk
    242571A95
  • BusWaingate310 m, about 4 min walk
    X1X2X3X175252A65207
  • BusHaymarket320 m, about 4 min walk
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  • TramFitzalan Square330 m, about 5 min walk
  • TramFitzalan Square340 m, about 5 min walk
  • TramFitzalan Square360 m, about 5 min walk

Live now within 1 km, 25 seconds 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.

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.

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