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=== West, to [[Manchester]] ===
[[File:manchesterroadsheffield.jpg|thumb|350px|Photo '''1)''': Manchester Road. This photo is taken about 50 metres past Somerfield SPAR supermarket. Cars using the white-signposted road on the right are going towards Manchester: either hitchhike from here, or walk along this road until you find a more suitable place.]]
To go to Manchester, use the A57 road. It's a small road, but it's fast, beautiful and easy to get a ride. Go to the junction of Fulwood Road and Manchester Road, shown in photo '''1)''' and the map above. It is the A57 and is in the Broomhill district. From the city centre, Broomhill is a 30 minute walk.
*First get to Sheffield University (note: NOT Sheffield Hallam University). From the cathedral in the city centre, follow the tramlines uphill for 10 minutes. You will pass various bars and restaurants (this is West Street), and then the tramlines turn a sharp corner at the university's tram stop. Walk towards the university complex (the large buildings on the 'other' side of the tramline, you can't miss them).
* From Sheffield University walk west along Whitham Road for 15 minutes. It's best if you ask someone around the university for '''Broomhill''': they will point you in the right direction. This is a bit difficult to describe, so asking people is important. Check the map above.
* Once you get to the shopping street in Broomhill, look for the Somerfield SPAR supermarket. The hitchhiking spot is about 50 metres further along the road from there, away from the city.
Alternatively, from the city centre take bus 40, 51, 52, 60 or 120 to Broomhill (cost: £1-£1.50, 50p on all Stagecoach buses and the number 80 if you have a student card). Once you leave the bus stop ask around for the Somerfield SPAR supermarket, get to the supermarket and keep walking to find the hitchhiking spot.
The junction itself is not ideal for hitchhiking, being on a corner with traffic lights and a box junction, where the cars waiting to turn right up the fork are not easily accessible by a pedestrian. A much better option would be to start walking along the A57 Manchester Road itself for a short way. Head up past Ashdell girls school, and you've probably gone far enough here. Be careful though, in school hours, there are about a million chelsea tractors parked on the double yellows here, and you won't get seen. Further down the road there are better stopping places for the cars, however a lot of this is uphill and can be tiring.