A Steel City Saturday: Sheffield Beer Festival, Historic Pubs & Micropubs

A Steel City Saturday: Sheffield Beer Festival, Historic Pubs & Micropubs A Day Exploring Sheffield Saturday 24 October 2026 was another lovely day out exploring Sheffield. I started at Sheffield Tap before heading to Kelham Island Museum for the 50th Steel City Beer & Cider Festival. It was great seeing the River Don Engine running, catching up with familiar faces and trying a few different beers. Afterwards, we explored the pubs around Heeley, Abbeydale Road and Sharrow, finishing at the Botanical Arms on Ecclesall Road. There was a brilliant mix of traditional pubs, independent bars and newer micropubs, along with a few former pubs to photograph. Plenty of walking, good company and interesting history made it a cracking day. A Little History of Sheffield Sheffield began as a small medieval market town, with a castle and a market established by the late 1200s. It became known for making knives and other cutlery long before its steelworks became famous. During the 1700s and 1800s,…