Draft:Sheffield Forum

Sheffield Forum
Type of site	Internet forum
Available in	English
Area served	Sheffield, United Kingdom
Owner	James Hargreaves
Created by	Geoff Bowen
Editor	James Hargreaves
URL	https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional (required to post)
Users	200,000+ registered
Launched	December 2002
Current status	Active
Content license	Standard copyright

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Instructions · What links here · Sheffield Forum (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 4 days ago by Deejayone (talk: D · +) · Last edited 0 seconds ago

Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. Deejayone (talk) 17:29, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Sheffield Forum is an independent online community forum serving the Sheffield City Region in South Yorkshire, England. Established in 2002, it is the UK's oldest and largest surviving city-specific internet forum, with over 200,000 registered users and more than 10 million posts. It has played a notable role in civic engagement, public consultation, and the preservation of social history, and is recognised by the British Library as part of the UK Web Archive.

The forum facilitates conversations on local news, politics, events, history, business, and community issues.

As of 2025, Sheffield Forum hosts over 10 million posts across more than 500,000 topics, with 200,000+ registered members and over 550,000 monthly pageviews.^[1] It has been described as “an online pub” and “a living archive of Sheffield voices”.^[2]

^ Radcliffe, Damian (10 May 2017). "How hyperlocal media delivers community impact". RSLR.
^ Munro, Victoria (15 April 2025). "Sheffield's online pub is under new management". The Sheffield Tribune.

[Radcliffe2017-1] Radcliffe, Damian (10 May 2017). "How hyperlocal media delivers community impact". RSLR.

[Tribune-2] Munro, Victoria (15 April 2025). "Sheffield's online pub is under new management". The Sheffield Tribune.

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