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Dist:0.1km north<br/>Manor Lodge is a Tudor Gatehouse to Sheffield Manor Castle, now ruined, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned for 14 years. She is reputed to have spent much of her time in this lodge.
©Brian Ward
Dist:0.1km north<br/>Ruins of Sheffield Manor where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned for 14 years.
©Brian Ward
Dist:0.3km north<br/>An old farmhouse on the Sheffield Manor Estate of the Duke of Norfolk. This was once part of the deer park surrounding Sheffield Manor and is now a green oasis surrounded by urban development.
©Brian Ward
Dist:0.8km west<br/>A clourful mural painted by local children on a concrete retaining wall.
©Roger Butterfield
Dist:0.8km south<br/>Manor Fields with Manor Castle on the Horizon
©mega monty
Dist:0.9km south<br/>The temporary terminus of Sheffield's initial tram service was at the junction of Grange Road and City Road, referred to on the cars as 'Spring Lane'. Here car 17 has just arrived.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.9km south<br/>When trams returned to Sheffield after an absence of some 34 years, the initial service was from Meadowhall to a temporary terminus at the junction of City Road with Grange Road. It was officially referred to as Spring Lane. Here car 17 is seen at this point about to return to Meadowhall.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:0.9km east<br/>Looking along Beaumont Road North with the Don Valley in the distance.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:0.9km southwest<br/>Norfolk Park was one of the first free parks in the country, opening in 1848, and given as a gift to the City of Sheffield in 1910 by the Duke of Norfolk. It features spectacular views across the city.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:1.0km south<br/>Looking up Cary Road from Queen Mary Road, Winter 1969, houses on both sides since demolished and new housing built, street layout and trees remain unchanged
©mega monty
Dist:1.0km southeast<br/>Looking down Cary Road from Fitzhubert Road, Winter 1969, houses on both sides since demolished and new housing built, street layout and trees remain unchanged
©mega monty
Dist:1.1km northeast<br/>Looking along Kettlebridge Road. The Quadrant is described on its website as 'South Yorkshire's premier business centre', with 'high-spec environmentally friendly buildings'. It is owned by a not-for-profit community trust.
©Stephen McKay
Dist:1.2km northwest<br/>
©Richard Newall
Dist:1.3km northwest<br/>
©Richard Newall
Dist:1.3km north<br/>The storage roads outside the depot will be used for most of the trams: only those needing attrention will normally be inside the building. At the right is part of British Rail, not of course connected to the tramline.
©Dr Neil Clifton

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