Weston Park

Walk preview

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   Step 1: Enter through the gates on Weston Bank, opposite the Children’s Hospital.

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   Step 2: These fancy gates are carved from terracotta & were constructed by James Gamble using the designs of Godfrey Sykes.

3. Step 3: Godfrey Sykes (1824–1866) trained at the Sheffield School of Art, and later designed the terracotta decoration of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. There’s a memorial dedicated to him inside the park too.

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   Step 4: Just inside the park is a monument to Ebenezer Elliot, who owned an iron foundry in Sheffield.

5. Step 5: Elliot (1781-1849) was also a poet who campaigned strongly against the Corn Laws, which made bread more expensive. He became known as “The Pauper’s Poet”, & his poems were sung at political rallies.

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   Step 6: Take the path along to the left towards the war memorials.