The Moor Quarter is one of Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

's eleven designated quarters and based around and named for the The Moor

The Moor

The Moor is a primary pedestrianised thoroughfare and one of the main shopping streets of Sheffield, England. Along its length lie some of the most popular department stores and it is seen as one of the primary retail cores of the city centre...

. It is bound by Furnival gate in the north-east, Eyre Street in the south-east, St. Mary's gate

Sheffield Inner Ring Road

Sheffield Inner Ring Road is a dual-carriageway circling central Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Built from the 1960s onwards the Ring Road connects to the Sheffield Parkway, which itself connects with the M1 motorway...

 to the south and Moore Street and Charter Row to the north-west.

It is primarily a retail location, with some offices at Charter Row. Its lack of recent regeneration has seen little happen in the area since it was bombed in World War II

World War II

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, but there is a redevelopment plan, submitted by owners RREEF which is to increase the retail, commercial and residential capacity of the quarter to improve its nightlife, and in the short-term to house the relocated markets from the Castlegate Quarter

Castlegate Quarter

Castlegate is one of eleven Quarters in Sheffield's City Centre. It is now bound by Commercial Street and part of the High Street to the south , Exchange Place to the east, the road named Castlegate to the north, Angel Street and Snigg Hill to the west...

. It benefits from a good location, centrally between the Devonshire Quarter

Devonshire Quarter

The Devonshire Quarter is an area in the centre of Sheffield, England. It is based around the Division Street and Devonshire Street shopping areas, known for their small independent shops and variety of pubs and bars...

, CIQ

Cultural Industries Quarter

The Cultural Industries Quarter is a district in the city centre of Sheffield, England, and one of the eleven Quarters designated in the 1994 City Centre Strategy...

, Heart of the City and London Road and Ecclesall Road

Ecclesall Road

|thumb|200px|right|Ecclesall Road South, which runs through a large part of the Hallam Constituency, the second wealthiest in the UK.Ecclesall Road is a road in Sheffield that runs for about 3.5 miles south-west from Sheffield's city centre under the number A625...

 shops. It is also on the edge of the NRQ

The monolithic

Monolithic architecture

Monolithic architecture is a style of construction in which a building is carved, cast or excavated from a single piece of material. The most basic form of monolithic architecture is the monolith, such as the monolithic churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia or the Pancha Rathas in India.Buildings with a...

 Manpower Services Commission Building is at the south-west end of the Moor, and houses departments of the DCSF, DIUS and Home Office

Home Office

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Future

Currently, the Moor runs through the middle of the quarter, so the area is deemed to have a good base upon which to build, but office developments and multi-storey car parks will be built at Eyre Street and Charter Row with leisure facilities at ground-level to increase activity all around the quarter. A new route to the rest of the centre will be created at Furnival Square, with a midi bus interchange

Interchange station

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 and Charter Square.