Awesome walls, lost rivers
Cultural Industries Quarter, South Yorkshire
- 2 hours / 2.3km
- 38
Creativity & nature is everywhere on this urban jaunt, if only you know where to look
Mini Sheffield Blitz Trail
Walk preview
Step 1: A historical tour of Sheffield's most heavily bombed areas during the Blitz in 1940 . Start the trail at Atkinson's , The Moor, S1 3LT
Step 2: For the full walking tour and audio guide download 'The Sheffield Blitz Trail' on Google Play and the App Store
Step 3: More than 660 were killed and large parts of the city flattened during German Luftwaffe raids on Sheffield between 12 and 15 December 1940. The site of Atkinson's department store on The Moor was completely demolished.
Step 4: See the plaque inside Atkinsons main entrance
Step 5: Walk to the top of The Moor and on the pavement outside Debenhams you will see a bronze plaque to commemorate Doug Lightning, a young firefighter believed to be the last surviving fireman who was on duty during the Sheffield Blitz
Step 6:
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