English Institute of Sport - Sheffield

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The English Institute of Sport is a multi-sport facility in Sheffield, England. It was opened in December 2003 at a cost of £24 million. Its main feature is a 200 m indoor track but it also hosts several other sporting arenas as well as extensive medical facilities. It is in the Lower Don Valley between the Sheffield Arena and Don Valley Stadium.

The facility is the training venue of choice for a number of sports including: Athletics; Basketball; Boxing; Fencing; Judo; Netball; Table Tennis; Volleyball. There are a number of clubs which meet at the venue such as:
Athletics - City of Sheffield Athletic Club young athletes;
Basketball - Sheffield Sharks, City of Sheffield Arrows and Sheffield Sabres;
Boxing - ;
Fencing - Sheffield Sword Club;
Judo - ;
Netball - Concorde Netball Club, England Netball;
Table Tennis - ;
Volleyball - England Volleyball;

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v • d • e Buildings in Sheffield, England

Within Sheffield City Centre	Bioincubator • Cathedral • Catholic Cathedral • Central Library • Chesham House^a • City Hall • Cobweb Bridge • Cutlers' Hall • 23 Furnival Gate^p • 1 Furnival Square^u/c • Glossop Road Baths • Hannover House^p • Howden House • Jessop Hospital • Kelham Island Industrial museum (and Brewery) • Lady's Bridge • Lyceum • Millennium Galleries • National Centre for Popular Music • Old Queen's Head, Sheffield • Pennine Centre • Owen Building • Redvers House • Old Town Hall • Park Square Bridge • 1 Sheaf Square • Showroom Cinema • Sir Frederick Mappin Building • St George's Church • St. Paul's Tower^u/c • Telephone House • Town Hall • Sydney Works • V1 • Velocity Tower^u/c • West Bar Gateway Tower^p • Weston Tower^p • Winter Gardens

In the outskirts	Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet • Abbeydale Picture House • Alfred Denny Building • Arts Tower • Attercliffe Chapel • Beauchief Abbey • Birley Spa • Broom Hall • Carbrook Hall • Cholera Monument • Church of St. Nicholas • The Cremorne • Firth Court • Hicks Building • Hillsborough Barracks • Manor • Northern General Hospital • Octagon Centre • Regent Court • Royal Hallamshire Hospital • Royal Infirmary • Shepherd Wheel • Shrewsbury Hospital • Spital Tower^a • St Mark's Church • St Mary's Church • Tinsley Viaduct • Totley Tunnel • University House • Weston Park Museum • Wicker Arches

Stations past and present	Bridgehouses • Midland • Victoria • Wicker

Major complexes	Crystal Peaks • Digital Campus • Heart of the City • Meadowhall • New Retail Quarter • Park Hill • West Bar • West.One

Sports and Entertainment/ Music venues	The Boardwalk • Bracken Moor Ground • Bramall Lane • Carling Academy • City Hall • Coach and Horses Ground • The Cricketers • Crucible Theatre • D 'n' R • Don Valley Stadium • The Earl • EIS • Gatecrasher One • Goodwin Sports Centre • The Grapes • The Harley • Hillsborough Park • Hillsborough Stadium • IceSheffield • Leadmill • Look Local Stadium • Lyceum Theatre •Octagon Centre• Owlerton Stadium • Plug • Ponds Forge • Sandygate Road • Sheffield Arena • Ski Village • Under The Boardwalk

Lists of buildings	Buildings and structures in Sheffield • Listed buildings in Sheffield • source

u/c - Under Construction, p - Proposed, a - approved, d - demolished