12 September 2026 · 12:00 – 15:00
Seeds that Travel: foraging and image-making with Al-Wah’at
Exchange Place Studios, Exchange Street, Sheffield, S2 5TR
Arts Catalyst bring the Al-Wah’at artist collective to Castlegate to map the quarter’s ecology through foraging, sensing and image-making, and to celebrate the area’s relationship with everything that lives in it. Free, all ages, book via Eventbrite.
Part of Castlegate Festival 2026 (12 to 20 September), the free celebration of heritage, arts, music and markets in Sheffield’s oldest quarter, organised by Sheffield City Council and Sheffield BID. Full programme (PDF).
Getting there and what to expect
Getting there
- Stops: Exchange Place/CG15 (27597) (95 m); Exchange Place/CG14 (27596) (109 m); Waingate (CG19) (113 m) (Stops: NaPTAN, Department for Transport (OGL v3); lines: bustimes.org / Bus Open Data (OGL v3))
- Sheffield Rail Station 680 m away, tram at Fitzalan Square 160 m away (Stops: NaPTAN, Department for Transport (OGL v3); lines: bustimes.org / Bus Open Data (OGL v3))
- Parking: Castlegate 40 m, 403 spaces (OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL))
- Cycle parking 60 m, EV charger 240 m (OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL))
- On the roads within 1 km: Road closed: Closed; Jam A61: Stationary traffic; Road works B6073: Roadworks (Traffic: TomTom)
- About 8 min walk from the city centre (620 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 2.0, PM10 7.8 µg/m³, sensor 2.6 km away) (Air quality: Sensor.Community (ODbL, indicative) and DEFRA UK-AIR (OGL v3))
- Defibrillator 50 m, toilets 240 m (OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL))
- No storm overflow discharging within 1 km (Storm overflows: Yorkshire Water (CC BY 4.0))
What is on around it
- Get Crafty with Arts in the Right Place (13:00, 130 m away) (Sheffield Events listings)
- Quayside Market: Castlegate Festival Special (12:00, 140 m away) (Sheffield Events listings)
- Tales of the Music Halls and Nightlife of Castlegate and West Bar (12:00, 140 m away) (Sheffield Events listings)
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 50 m away · 24/7
- Nearest toilets Toilets 240 m away · free
- Nearest cycle parking Cycle parking 60 m away · 6 spaces · Sheffield City Council
- Nearest EV charger EV charger 240 m away
Read about this area on Wikipedia
- Sheffield Castle
Sheffield Castle was a castle in Sheffield, England, constructed at the confluence of the River Sheaf and the River Don, possibly on the site of a former Anglo-Saxon long house, and dominating the early town.
- Castle Market
Castle Market was an indoor market in Sheffield city centre, England.
- River Sheaf
The River Sheaf in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, flows northwards, past Dore, through Abbeydale and north of Heeley.
- Castlegate Quarter
- IQuarter
Article titles and extracts from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0; each links to its article.
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