Sheffield and District CAMRA are leading two pub heritage walks as part of Heritage Open Days 2025. Full details and the booking links are at:
Neepsend: Thursday 18 September, 16:00 https://tckty.camra.org.uk/e/347/heritage-open-days-2025-guided-walk-neepsend
Led by Dave Pickersgill, this short walking tour will explore Neepsend, an area which is currently ‘on the up’ (it’s next door to Kelham Island, the 35th ‘Coolest Place on the planet.’). We will encompass both aspects of industrial, and social, heritage and of the ‘Beer Capital’ status owned by the City of Sheffield. Highlights include the ex-Samuel Osborn Works (now Church – Temple of Fun), Naomi’s Corner, Ball Bridge, the JC Albyn complex and William Stones Cannon Brewery. There will be one en route stop and a finish in the Beer Garden in the co-operatively owned Gardeners Rest.
The walk will be published in September 2025 as the third in a growing series of ‘Sheffield Pub Heritage’ 32-page, A5 booklets. The first (University Arms to Fagan’s, 2003) is sold out. The second (‘Little Chicago’) was published in 2024.
Little Chicago: Friday 19 September, 14:30 https://tckty.camra.org.uk/e/346/heritage-open-days-2025-guided-walk-little-chicago
A guided walk with a difference – Led by local author, John Stocks and editor of ‘Sheffield’s Real Heritage pubs,’ Dave Pickersgill, you will explore Sheffield’s Little Chicago Quarter. The walk will explore streets that feature in John’s book ‘Sheffield 1925: Gang Wars and Wembley Glory,’ and also explore the beer, social and Industrial heritage of the area. The comfortable walk, with one minor ascent, is just over a mile. It will last for approximately 90 minutes before concluding at the Kelham Island Tavern for a post-walk drink and discussion.
