Sheffield - Town Hall

The colorful pedestrian precincts of Orchard Square and Fargate, with their numerous shops, restaurants and pubs, lead south to Surrey Street, site of the Victorian Town Hall. This impressive neo-Renaissance building was erected in 1897 and enlarged in 1910 and 1923. The 193ft/59m-high tower is topped by a figure of Vulcan, the blacksmith god, holding aloft the arrows he has just forged - a symbol of Sheffield's predominant industry. The tourist office is situated on the ground floor.