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Hillsborough Barracks Shopping Mall, Langsett Road, SHEFFIELD, S6 2LR

The 'Hillsborough College @ the Barracks' building looking very grey after its latest coat of paint. This photograph was taken on a Sunday morning when everything was closed.

Some of a number of gravestones mounted in the wall of the Hillsborough Barracks complex. This example is on Langsett Road, near the transport interchange. More examples are through the gates just to the left of this photograph.

The 'Hillsborough College at The Barracks' building which is located in the large Barracks complex to the north of the city centre. The building is currently undergoing a repaint, grey becoming green.

One of the nineteent century turrets at Hillsborough Barracks. By contrast, the shop on the ground floor is having its 2008 summer sale. This photograph was taken from the second floor of the 'Skills for Business' building on Learoyd Way.

Early pictures of Hillsborough Barracks clearly show 'Arrow Head' railings fixed to the complete length of the front wall. This picture shows that only a short section now remains! Probably the 'missing railings' were removed during WW2, along with lots of others all over the country to be melted down to help the war effort ... but why has this section remained? One theory is that as the wall reduces in height along its length - and it does - then leaving the railings intact was allowed for security. Any other ideas?

This view shows the rear of the building, which besides having hospital wards for the soldiers also contained Dental Facilities and a section for the Soldier's Wives. This building is now used for business units and shops and still contains many of the original features. Image

Skills for Business at Hillsborough Barracks, Sheffield 6.

These former soldiers' headstones inserted into this stone wall, on what is now a very short service road linking part of the former Hillsborough Barracks complex with Langsett Road, are very obviously 'outside' any grounds that surround the chapel behind the wall. There was no clues about whether they have been positioned here since yesteryear or whether they were repositioned here during the transformation of the former barracks into a combined business and shopping centre.

Sandwiched between the Infirmary (just visible) and Main Entrance Building is this lovely Chapel building. Image

The upper level of the Barracks contains a 'walk through' area complete with shops and business units. The Hillsborough Transport Interchange is at the far end.