Division Street, Sheffield

Division Street is a street and shopping area located in the Devonshire Quarter of Sheffield, England. It is home to many small independent shops, a few large ones such as Costa Coffee and Sainsburys Local, and a few local pubs such as the Frog & Parrot, as well as a Lloyd's No. 1 bar. It runs parallel to West Street in the west of the city.

For other uses, see Division Street (disambiguation).

A view looking down Division Street in Sheffield, with a postbox, a Spar shop and pedestrians
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The post-box at the end of Division Street near the City Hall was painted gold in August 2012, to celebrate the Olympic gold medal won by Sheffield's Jessica Ennis.[1][2]

References
  1. "Olympics: First class Jessica Ennis gets stamp and gold post box in Sheffield". Daily Star. 5 August 2012. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. "Jessica Ennis saluted by Sheffield after gold medal win". BBC News. BBC. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2012.

53.379393°N 1.478595°W / 53.379393; -1.478595


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