"Sheffield is a big sporting centre with fantastic facilities like the English Institute of Sport and the Don Valley Stadium and I want it to be a centre of excellence where athletes can prepare."
Lord Sebastian Coe, Chairman of London 2012 Organising Committee, receiving Freedom of the City 2006, in Sheffield.
The range of high quality sporting venues makes Sheffield a first class destination for sport. The City has invested in and developed a cluster of world class facilities specifically for training and competition which are the envy of other Cities in the United Kingdom.
They provide the platform not only for the City to successfully stage high profile international sporting events but also the foundation for individual athletes and teams to undertake their elite training and preparation programmes.
Sheffield's international standard venues cover the spectrum of Olympic sports and four of the major facilities are located on the same site.
The major venues are:
Individual facility details including a visual tour, technical specification & history of events staged are provided on the accompanying pages.