Castle Hill Park
The official name of the Castle site park was revealed yesterday as part of the Castlegate Festival and we can now confirm this will be ‘Castle Hill Park’ reflecting the historic name of the site stretching back to just after the demolition of the Castle in the late 17th century. A number of other options […]
Castlegate Festival – Tours – New site hoardings
The 10th Castlegate Festival is set to take place 12 – 20 September. The Festival is a celebration of heritage as well as the rich arts, music and market scene in Castlegate, Sheffield’s oldest quarter. Find all the details here…  https://www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/content/events/castlegate-festival-2026/ Friends of Sheffield Castle & our friends from Wessex Archaeology will be doing limited […]
AGM 2026
We are pleased to invite you to our Annual General Meeting 2026 which will be held on Thursday 23rd April,  6pm for 6:30pm start at the Old Queens Head on Pond Hill, Sheffield. The official notice of the meeting is attached below with further information. As places will be limited, please can you let us […]
Sheffield Heritage Fair 2026
We will again be attending the Heritage Fair at the Millennium Galleries, within the Winter Gardens, Tudor Square on both published days. We are expecting to have the 3D model of the Castle available to see and there will be members of FoSC committee there to talk about the current plans for the Castle site […]
Castle Site tour success!
The last 3 weekends have seen nearly 250 people attend tours of the Castle site, led by Wessex Archaeology, Friends of Sheffield Castle and the Sheaf & Porter Rivers Trust. Thanks to site contractors Aureos and the Council, the protective covers on the Castle remains and other areas of archaeological interest were uncovered so that […]
AGM 2025
The 12th Annual General Meeting of FoSC will be held on Wednesday 23rd April at Central United Reformed Church, Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 2JB, 6pm for a 6:30 start. We will present the Reports of the Officers and vote for Committee Members. All Committee Members stand down annually but are eligible for re-election. Only fully […]
Big Event a huge success!!
Our big event took place on Wednesday 5th March at the stunning ballroom at the Royal Victoria Crowne Plaza hotel and we were delighted with the amazing turnout of c400 people on the night. This was a celebration of our journey from our formation in 2012, to the present excavations which have finally revealed parts […]
Our Big Event!!
We are delighted to announce a special evening with the Friends of Sheffield Castle and its supporters on the 5th March 2025 6:30 for a 7pm start. We hope this will be an enjoyable, and entertaining evening covering the Past, Present, and Future of Sheffield Castle and will be an informative event, showing the fabulous […]
Heritage Fair 2025
Its that time of the year again for the annual Heritage Fair and we will be there so please come and talk to us in our usual place on Table no 1!! We will be next to Wessex Archaeology so lots of opportunities to talk about excavations and also plans for the future. All the […]
Excavations at Sheffield Castle 1927-2024 by Prof John Moreland
FoSC Committee member Prof John Moreland recently did a talk for the Castle Studies Trust and this is now available to watch via YouTube through this link… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87_AyU1fvC0&pp=ygUUY2FzdGxlIHN0dWRpZXMgZ3JvdXA%3D Johns presentation brings everyone right upto date with all the recent work undertaken on site with images and text complimenting all of the previous excavations stretching back […]