FITZALAN SQUARE SHEFFIELD | A look around Fitzalan Square Sheffield City Centre | 4K Walk

SHEFFIELD | FITZALAN SQUARE - A look around Fitzalan Square Sheffield City Centre
The historic Fitzalan Square is one of Sheffield's most noteable places - we take a look..
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Fitzalan Square is a municipal square situated in the city centre of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. The present day square is one of the busiest areas of the city centre, with traffic and pedestrians continually moving through the area. It has a Sheffield Supertram stop and a taxi rank.

This area of the city had been the market quarter since the medieval era and the modern square takes its name from the Fitzalan Market Hall, which stood near the site from 1786 to 1930. The Fitzalans were a lesser branch of the Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk and the major local landowners at that time.

In 2017, Sheffield City Council announced plans to renovate the square.

The square is located in the city centre to the south of the eastern end of High Street in Sheffield City Centre. It is rectangular in shape, formed by the staggered intersections of Flat Street and Haymarket with High Street from the south and north respectively. Commercial Street and Bakers Hill leave the square to the east. Norfolk Street used to intersect with Flat Street at the south-western corner of the square, but it was cut off from the square when Arundel Gate was constructed in Sheffield City Centre in1968.

Fitzalan Square received a facelift during the summer of 2003.

The Edward VII statue was cleaned and protected from pigeons, and lights were added to illuminate it at night. New sandstone paving and steel benches were installed, the trees were pruned and the street lighting was improved. In addition to a fair money lending and pawn broking company, amusement arcade and gift shop, the square contains three betting shops from national chains Betfred, Coral and Ladbrokes, a few insurance companies and a small newsagents.

In the inner part of the square there is also a fast food hut named Marples and a small police cabin. In January 2016, the Sheffield Institute of Arts (the art and design department within Sheffield Hallam University) moved into a fully refurbished Head Post Office, at the start of an initial 20-year lease, housing graphic design, fine art, fashion and product design.

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