Story: Priya Blackham
The Grand Départ (the opening stage of the Tour de France) will come through Burngreave this summer. Stage One will be from Leeds to Harrogate. Stage Two will be from York to Sheffield on Sunday 6th July.
The route through Sheffield on Sunday 6th July 2014 – will run from Midhopestones to High Bradfield, Worrall, Oughtibridge, Grenoside, Shiregreen, Burngreave, Attercliffe, Wincobank and the Lower Don Valley. The finishing line for Stage Two will be the Sheffield Arena.
The route through Burngreave will go through the following streets: Shirecliffe Road, Cooks Wood Road, Rutland Road, Minna Road, Burngreave Road, Brunswick Road, Gower Street, Sutherland Road, Savile Street East and Brightside Lane.
For the first time, a Cultural Festival will be run prior to and alongside the Grand Depart. The festival will run in Yorkshire for over 100 days from March 27th to July 6th 2014. The Festival will consist of a series of activities along the route during the weekend of 5th/6th July 2014, and throughout the city. Abbeyfield Park is one of the places where community-based activities will take place.