On This Page Location Map Buses from City Centre School’s History	Sheffield Chess Congress Location of Venue The venue is King Edward VII (Upper) School, Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2PW, which was the venue from 2012 to 2017, is on Glossop Road, on the right-hand side going away from the city centre, a short distance beyond the Royal Hallamshire Hospital on the right, and before one reaches the shopping area at Broomhill.  Glossop Road is a continuation of West Street, going out of the city centre. The school occupies a site bounded by Glossop Road to the NW, and Newbould Lane to the SW.  Clarkhouse Road runs along the SE perimeter. There are two entrances which may be used, both by pedestrians and by vehicles, one on Glossop Road itself, and one on Newbould Lane. Access to the building should be limited to the central entrance, which features eight tall Corinthian columns, and is reached via stone steps which rise up to the first floor. Location Map Buses from Sheffield City Centre (as at 10/03/2023 - timetables will probably change) The best buses from the centre of Sheffield which you should to go for are the 120, which stops on Glossop Road, near the school, or else the 52/52a, though that would mean walking down Glossop Road from Broomhill shopping centre, and so for some it will not be such a good idea (unless you want to go to the shops first). There are other, less frequent buses to Broomhill. Saturdays 120 to Fulwood This stops on Glossop Road, near the school. You can catch the 120 in the bus station, on Flat Street (which is a hill!), or on high street, roughly opposite the cathedral. Saturday departure times from Flat Street are: 0822 0829 0837 0844 0852 0859 0907 0914 with a journey time of about 10 minutes give or take. Get off at Hallamshire hospital and walk up to the school, or get of at the next stop and walk back a shorter distance 52/52a to Walkley (52) or Hillsborough 52a) Saturday departure times from Church Street are: 0837 0843 0852 0857 0909 0913 with a journey time of about 10 minutes give or take. Get off at Broomhill shopping centre and walk down Glossop Road to the school. Sundays 120 Sunday departure times from Flat Street are: 0840 0855 0910 0925 52/52a Saturday departure times from Church Street are: 0834 0848 0904 0922 History of the Building The main building of King Edward VII Upper School, the venue of the congress, originally started out as the Wesleyan Proprietary Grammar School.  It was completed in about 1838, at a cost of more than £10,000, which was on top of the £4,500 paid for the six acres of land.  The architect was William Flockton, and the design was of an ambitious classical style.  It had accommodation for about 250 boarders.  It soon became known, by royal patent, as Wesley College. In time Wesley College became King Edward VII Grammar School for boys, run by the local council.  A number of local chess-players used to attend “King Ted’s”, including Geoff Frost, Steve Mann, Ken Norbury and the late Barry Wardle.  In those days “King Ted’s” habitually won the Sheffield schools’ chess league run by the Sheffield & District Chess Association, and reached the semi-finals of the Sunday Times schools competition at the first attempt, in the late 1960s.  Later chess-playing pupils at King Ted’s included Ken Kay and Paul Bailey. The advent of comprehensive education saw the merger of the Glossop Road site with one at Darwin Lane (with teachers commuting twixt the twain by taxi!) to form a comprehensive school.						On Other Pages Home Page How to Enter Entries to Date Map of Venue Guide to Amenities Where to Stay Congress History Result Archives