Open photo walks across cities, edges & peaks.
STOMP South Yorkshire is a collaboration between TYCE, The Sheffield Darkroom, J&A Photography, Reyt Dark and Adam Galliford and offers a recurring series of informal photo walks exploring Sheffield and the landscapes within a train ride of the city.
What is STOMP?
STOMP is a recurring photo walk series. It is both urban and rural, informal and social and open to all cameras and abilities.
There’s no structured teaching and no fixed agenda - but there will always be a wide range of experience on the walk. If you want to ask questions, compare approaches or solve problems together, that’s encouraged.
We walk. We shoot. We share knowledge.
Next Edition
STOMP 02 - Saturday 13th June
Canal Basin → River Don → Industry
2.4 miles
Approx. 1.5–2 hours
Start: 09:30am Castlegate (Pollen Market)
Finish: 11:30am Joanna’s Bar
STOMP 02 takes us east through Sheffield’s post-industrial edges - tracing the River Don through Victoria Quays into sections of the Five Weirs Walk before looping back through the steel, concrete and layered textures of the city. Along the way we’ll cross the Cobweb Bridge, skirt Wicker, pass Blonk Street Bridge and Lady’s Bridge, before finishing back through Pollen Market and ending the walk at Joanna's Bar, where our friend Bally will be hosting us for a drink (and a bite to eat if you like). Expect waterways, infrastructure, old industry, new development and plenty of space to observe how the city continues to evolve around the people moving through it.
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For STOMP 02, one image selected by our panel and shared will receive a prize (to be announced).
We’re not looking for perfection - just work that captures the spirit of the day.
Deadline for entries is 31st July with the winner announced on our digital channels after.
Where we will meet.
Outside on Castlegate (Pollen Market) where there’s plenty of space to welcome a large turnout. Look out for the signs and the cameras.
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Other Practical Information
This is a relaxed, informal group walk.
Please wear suitable footwear, take care on uneven ground and follow normal road safety when crossing
Participants attend at their own discretion.
If numbers are high, we may split into smaller groups.
Last Time Out
STOMP 01 - SAT 14.03.26
Clay Wood → Skye Edge → Park Hill
2.5 miles
Approx. 1.5–2 hours
Start: 09:30am Sheffield Train Station.
Finish: 11:30am The Showroom Café
STOMP 01 began outside Sheffield Station - some 60 photographers in attendance - and headed through Clay Wood and Skye Edge to Park Hill, taking in elevated views, bold architecture and strong urban scenes before looping back into town.
We regrouped at a few points along the route, but guests were free to shoot at their own pace. The walk ended at 11:30 at The Showroom Café.
Stomp 01 Prizewinner
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For STOMP 01, Emma Drohan’s image was chosen by our panel and she received 2 x tickets to a screening at The Showroom.
This photograph captured everything the walk was about.
Community, architecture, movement, observation - and a fleeting moment that could only happen in Sheffield. The young rider moves confidently through the foreground, playful, centred and completely alive within the frame, while above him a passer-by pauses on the walkway, looking down as if trying to piece together what’s unfolding below.
It feels cinematic, but completely unforced.
A perfect intersection of people and place - Park Hill not just as architecture, but as a lived environment full of energy, curiosity and human connection.