Self-guided audio walking tour of fifteen landmarks in Sheffield city centre, narrated on your phone via the AudaTours app.
Sheffield Audio Tour: Iconic Heart kicks off at Barker's Pool on Tuesday 20 October, taking you through the city centre on a self-guided audio walk. It's not a guided group tour — you just download the AudaTours app, put your headphones in, and follow the route on your phone at your own pace. There's no fixed start time, so you can set off whenever suits you.
The tour runs for about 2.3 kilometres and takes in fifteen landmarks across the heart of the city. You'll pass the High Street, Victoria Hall, Sheffield Cathedral, the Church of St Marie, the Crucible Theatre, Tudor Square, Sheaf Square, and the National Centre for Popular Music. The audio itself runs up to 38 minutes, narrated by AudaTours guides drawing on verified historical sources.
Rather than the postcard views, the tour focuses on the legends and scandals that have gone unnoticed beneath the streets and the stone. It asks things like what bell once signalled a deluge that sent pigs scrambling down Barker's Pool, what act of rebellion reduced Victoria Hall's earliest chapel to ashes in a single night, and who refused for twenty years to let the city widen its beloved High Street. It's the kind of thing you'll probably walk past every day without ever knowing the story behind it.
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Because it's self-guided, you can stop and linger wherever you like, or breeze through the bits you already know. The route starts at Barker's Pool, Sheffield, S1 2JA, and tickets start from £4.99.
