Thornbridge’s Peakender Festival has moved for 2017 to the Bakewell Showground enabling much better access to previous years. As in past years an array of great breweries including Tiny Rebel, Beavertown, Cloudwater and Wild Beer will have their beers on the bar and a number of breweries will be presenting tasting and talks. Music, magic and kids’ entertainment will also feature.
Full information, including how to pre-register for your free day ticket or how to book a camping pitch is available at www.peakender.co.uk. Thornbridge Peakender
Some of the world’s best breweries and their beers in the beautiful Peak District countryside all with free entry – just some of the reasons for attending Peakender 2017 at the Bakewell Showground from 18-20 August.
Thornbridge’s Peakender Festival has moved for 2017 to the Bakewell Showground enabling much better access to previous years. As in past years an array of great breweries including Tiny Rebel, Beavertown, Cloudwater and Wild Beer will have their beers on the bar and a number of breweries will be presenting tasting and talks. Music, magic and kids’ entertainment will also feature.
Full information, including how to pre-register for your free day ticket or how to book a camping pitch is available at www.peakender.co.uk.
Thornbridge’s Peakender Festival has moved for 2017 to the Bakewell Showground enabling much better access to previous years. As in past years an array of great breweries including Tiny Rebel, Beavertown, Cloudwater and Wild Beer will have their beers on the bar and a number of breweries will be presenting tasting and talks. Music, magic and kids’ entertainment will also feature.
Full information, including how to pre-register for your free day ticket or how to book a camping pitch is available at www.peakender.co.uk. 
It’s not all about the booze though, so if you’re after something mellower you’ll find Sheffield’s own Birdhouse Tea Co or Cafeology coffee available at the bar. Both go perfectly with a slice of fruit cake provided by Tipple Tails, a Sheffield based company who make award-winning traditional fruit cakes with locally sourced ingredients. The bar is dedicated to using local suppliers for all of their products, and even serve up their own style of ‘Northern Tapas’ with their cheeses, pies and chutneys all coming from local suppliers.
The bar also hosts a range of speciality evenings from gin tasting to beer and cheese pairings, which is always held in conjunction with local suppliers and showcases their passion for their products. It’s a great place to relax and watch the world go by, and you may even bump into a local celebrity or two as the bar is often frequented by members of the Arctic Monkeys!
Portland House is located at 286 Ecclesall Road and is open six days a week (closed Mondays). Buses 65, 81, 82, 83, 88 and 272 all stop nearby. 
Danny said: “I could see the potential with Champs and its history on Ecclesall Road dating back to 1996, Champs Sports Bar taps into our fascination with sports and thanks to a creative approach and a focus on standards, we’ve created a winning concept.”
The sports interior is complemented with a strong food and drink offer, based on good quality and value for money. With a striking American grill theme, the menu includes favourites from ribs and burgers to pizzas. All of the bar’s food is from local suppliers and cooked fresh on the premises.
Commenting on the recognition, Danny said: “The team have worked extremely hard to create this successful venue. It’s not just about the sports; it’s about the staff, all of whom are highly motivated and passionate about customer care and it’s all about excellent customer service too.” 
A 1913 plan (see image) shows the bar is on your left after passing through the lobby. Plans indicate some reconfiguring of the bar area to make the bar wider and allow slight reconfiguration of seating in the ‘big room’ at the front of the building (left room looking from Langsett Road). Other front room is a ‘billiard room.’ A 1939 plan shows no change to the three existing rooms – ‘Smoke Room’ at the rear left, ‘Tap Room’ (front left) and ‘Billiard Room’ (front right). A bottle store in the kitchen (rear right) is changed into a ‘Larder’ with a new window to Hatton Road and ‘Wooden Sheds’ in the yard are converted into ‘Bottles,’ Wash House’ and ‘WC’ (Fenton and Robinson, Chartered Architects, Sheffield).
1973 brings more changes (Jenkinson Palmer and Associates, Rotherham for S.H.Ward & Co.Ltd.). The bar is moved to its current location and the existing ‘Living Kitchen’ becomes a new ‘Billiard Room.’ The existing Billiard Room’ becomes part of the ‘Lounge’ which now extends across the full width of the building. In addition, inside toilets are built, as an extension, at the rear left of the building. A ‘Club Room’ continues to exist at the front right of the building. A 1982 plan indicates no changes since 1973. 1986 (Worksop Home Planners, see image) brought a catering kitchen, as an extension at the rear right of the pub.
The name changed from ‘Queens Ground Hotel’ to ‘Queens Ground’ in the 1960s.
The pub was in the same family for three generations. Landlord William Wild Banks in 1910, his widow became Landlord and the son followed. Fred Kelvey was Landlord from 1959 until 1985. The name originated from the cricket and athletics ground which was situated at the back of the pub.
Dave Pickersgill
The Queen’s Ground is located at 401 Langsett Road, Hillsborough, S6 2JL. Buses 
The presentation was timed to coincide with the club’s second annual beer festival. In addition to the four real ales usually on offer in the clubhouse, an extra eight handpumps had been installed outdoors featuring beers from local breweries including Acorn, Bradfield, Hilltop and White Rose. 
