A global centre of steel production from the 18th century onwards, Sheffield’s proud industrial heritage is still on show across the city in museums, old factory buildings and even in its nickname, ‘the steel city’. But it’s also often cited as one of the greenest cities in Europe, with about a third of it lying in the Peak District National Park and more trees per person than any other UK city.

While Sheffield’s economy has shifted away from heavy industry towards healthcare, education and creative work, engineering jobs still play a key part in its DNA. Its growing professional middle class enjoys recent developments such as the £470m Heart of the City project, which delivered new offices, a city-centre park and Europe’s largest purpose-built food hall in Cambridge Street Collective.