The Earl Street entrance to the new Moor Market (Image: Sheffield City Council)

Sheffield’s brand new and eagerly-anticipated market opened for business today – with a “record-breaking” 25,000 people visiting.

The new £18m building replaces Castle Market, which closed its doors on Saturday having been a Sheffield fixture for 54 years. Sheffield has held a “Royal Charter” to hold markets since 1296.

Sheffield Live visited the market on opening day today. Calvin Payne and Laurence Peacock – presenters of each Wednesday’s edition of our “Communities Live” programme – popped into the market this morning and interviewed traders and shoppers. You can hear their piece about the market this Wednesday (27 November) on Communities Live at noon (and we’ll post the podcast afterwards).

Make sure you tune into Communities Live on Wednesday to hear Calvin and Laurence and their interviews.