Riverside Quarter
53°23′13″N 1°27′50″W / 53.387°N 1.464°W
The Riverside Quarter, or Riverside Exchange is one of Sheffield's 11 designated City Centre Quarters.[1] Its borders are West Bar, Coulston Street, Bridge Street, Castlegate, Exchange Place and the Parkway to its south, the Wicker Viaduct, Johnson Street, Spitalfields and Nursery Street to the North, and Corporation Street to the west. It is named after the Whitbread Exchange Brewery, which was formerly located on the site of the current developments, and incorporates the Victoria Quays.
History
In the 1760s, one of the earliest integrated
In 1962, the Exchange Brewery was taken over by Whitbread & Co Ltd. However, as the importance of the area decreased due to the closure of the
In the late 1990s, plans were made by Sheffield's city council to redevelop the Exchange Brewery's area. The area now[
The development of the Riverside Exchange neighbourhood continues, with planned new developments such as more office space, shops and cafés. There are also schemes for Nursery Street to be pedestrianised. The final northern section of Sheffield's Inner Relief Road, finished in 2008, shifts traffic away from Bridge Street and further increases the neighbourhood's desirability.
Another development, the
References
- ^ "Sheffield City Council". sccplugins.sheffield.gov.uk. 6 July 2010. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- The Artful Lodger. Review on Riverside Exchange, Coode, in 'Online Guide to City Living in Sheffield'. Retrieved 14 October 2005.
- YinLin Chen, Victoria Molton and Andrew Johnston. Changing Face of Sheffield – Whitbread. Retrieved 14 October 2005.
- Sheffield City Council. First step for Sheffield's historic riverside. Press release, 1 October 2003.
- Sheffield City Council. Inner Relief Road (Stage 2) – Wicker to Penistone Road. Retrieved 14 October 2005.