Team Away Day in Sheffield
Team building away days ideas in Sheffield
Looking for some inspiration for your next corporate team away day in Sheffield? Whether it’s just a morning activity you are looking for or a 2-day multi-activity escape, Sheffield has so many options for inspiring team events. With the Peak District just on the doorstep, you can combine the city and countryside for a truly memorable team-building experience!
Foodie Ideas
Sheffield Food Tour
Explore Sheffield’s burgeoning food scene with a Food Tour. Now operating in both the City Centre and Kelham Island, guests enjoy fabulous food, super-cool venues and some local history. Visiting some of best restaurants in Sheffield, a corporate food tour is a great way to get to know your colleagues in a fun and relaxed environment . Suitable for groups of 6 to 40 guests, corporate tours can also include special additions like cocktail making and craft chocolate factory and brewery tours. Book as an afternoon activity or as a unique alternative to an evening meal. Send an enquiry.
Private Corporate Food Tour
Cookery School Experience
Our new Cookery School Experience allows team members to work together to create a restaurant-standard dish. Guests are taken to the local food market to buy fresh ingredients and then tasked with creating a themed dish where the best one wins! The Shop & Cook Experience takes place in a new purpose built cookery school in Sheffield City Centre where expert guidance is provided by the in-house chef. Guests can enjoy a relaxed drink at the bar afterwards and there are further options for an evening meal. Contact us to find out more.
Gin School
Become a distiller for a day with an immersive gin making experience at Locksley Distilling. Their fully kitted out gin school just outside the city-centre, offers a gin making experience where guests create their own recipe with over 100 botanicals at their disposal. The experience also includes a distillery tour, a tasting session and a couple of gin & tonics during the day to get the creative juices flowing!
House of Joro Chef’s Table
Included in the 2023 Michelin Guide, Joro is a 3 AA rosette fine-dining restaurant offering exceptional 7 or 9 course tasting menus. Set in the unpretentious Krinkl building on the edge of Kelham Island, Chef Owner Luke French (who has appeared on Great British Menu) also offers a chef’s table dining experience for up to ten guests at their boutique hotel, House of Joro, located just across the road.
Chocolate Factory Tour, Talk & Tasting
Sheffield’s first and only bean-to-bar chocolate maker Bullion was founded by young entrepreneur Max Scotford in 2017. From a Claridges chef claiming it was the best chocolate he had ever tasted, to bagging Harvey Nicholls and Chatsworth Estate as some of their prestigious customers, Bullion has gone from strength to strength during it’s relatively short existence. Their Kelham Island based chocolate factory offers a tour and tasting experience which makes a great addition to a corporate food tour. Guests gain insight into the intricate process of craft chocolate making and enjoy samples of their exceptional award-winning bars.
Bullion Craft Chocolate Factory Tour
Indoor Activities
If it’s some healthy competition you are looking for then Boom Battle Bar in Sheffield City Centre, offers a fun range of team games including axe throwing, augmented reality darts, pool, shuffle board and crazy golf.
Golf Fang (also in the city centre) offers 18 holes of pure entertainment surrounded by bespoke art a resident DJ and a comprehensive cocktail list.
The Great Escape Game has immersive escape rooms including Sunmerges, Wizards of Time, The Haunted Hound and Run. Their cocktail bar with a spooky-themed menu provides the perfect spot to wind down after the game.
If it is something a bit more sedate you are after, the Treehouse Boardgame Cafe offers coporate events their own meeting space as well as a delicious menu, well-stocked bar and 800 boardgames to choose from! Team members can get involved in a Cockroach Poker tourmament or Cheese Thief game.
Outdoor Activities
Take the team paddleboarding or kayaking on the Sheffield Canal with DC Outdoors Off The Shelf Adventures. The Outdoor City SUP experience starts in the heart of Sheffield at the historic Victoria Quays. Once the team have had a quick introduction to the equipment you will go on a small journey along the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal.
If you prefer to stay on dry land then Treasure Hunt Sheffield may be more your thing. A great team-building activity, teams receive a digital treasure maps and cryptic clues to help them search the streets of Sheffield to find the answers.
Further afield…
With the Peak District just on the doorstep, combining the city and the countryside for your corporate event is totally do-able!
The beauty of holding a corporate team-building event in Sheffield is that you can combine a city experience and the countryside. With the edge of the Peak District sitting about 8 miles from Sheffield City Centre, your team can enjoy the fresh air and scenery of the Peak District and then come back to the city for a night on the town.
Hathersage is one of the closest Peak District villages to Sheffield and offers a charming village centre with a range of bars and restaurant such as Bank House and The George and a plethora or outdoor activity providers.
Teams can take part in The Adventure Olympics or an epic challenge day which includes problem solving, weaselling, climbing and abseiling. Alternatively you can conquer challenges together as your team races to Capture the Flag with Pure Outdoor.
True North e-Adventures based at the Hathersage Bike & Boot hotel offers corporate e-bike experiences with guidance and coaching. Take the team on a cycle tour of the Peak District and then stay at Bike & Boot’s new Peak District hotel.
If you are looking for something a bit more sedate where your team can relax and connect with nature, a morning or afternoon of foraging in the Peaks with Forage Box allows guests to learn the key principles of foraging ending the session with a cook off and meal.
We can create a multi-activity itinerary for you using our little black book of local experience providers - just get in touch to find out more.