Sheffield's Winter Garden

Opened in May 2003, as part of the regeneration of Sheffield's city centre, the Winter Garden is the largest temperate glasshouse to be built in the UK in the last 100 years, and is the largest urban glasshouse in Europe. It is also one the largest structures in the UK to be made of 'Glulam': glued laminated timber (specifically, larch). Climate-controlled and home to over 2000 plants, including huge tree ferns, it has retail units and cafés around the perimeter, making it a pleasant place to sit and relax.