Sheffield Parkour & Freerunning
About Sheffield Parkour
We’re a Sheffield-based Parkour collective with nearly 20 years of experience in movement culture and physical training across South Yorkshire.
Since our establishment in 2005, we’ve introduced thousands of people in Sheffield, Rotherham, and beyond to Parkour and Freerunning — from children and beginners to advanced practitioners. Our community is diverse and welcoming, united by a commitment to movement, creativity, and personal growth.
Our approach goes beyond jumps and vaults. We embrace a philosophy that values community, useful strength, and lifelong development — helping people move with confidence throughout Sheffield, Rotherham, and the wider South Yorkshire region.
What is Parkour?
Parkour is the practice of moving through your environment in the most natural and efficient way possible — running, jumping, climbing and vaulting to overcome obstacles. It began in France in the 1980s and has since grown into a global movement. At its core, Parkour is about useful strength, adaptability, and learning how to move with purpose.
Freerunning shares the same roots but takes a different approach. Where Parkour is about efficiency and practicality, Freerunning is more expressive — flips, spins and acrobatic tricks that showcase creativity as much as function. Both are branches of the same tree: one focused on flow, the other on flair.
In Sheffield and across South Yorkshire, Parkour and Freerunning have flourished for nearly 20 years. With a mix of urban architecture and green spaces, the city offers endless opportunities to train. At SPKF we’ve helped thousands of people — from children and beginners to seasoned athletes — discover the joy of movement and the confidence that comes with it.
Latest News
- Join the Discord.
We now have a Community Discord – useful for meeting other local peeps and arranging training sessions. We’ll also be pooling the Discord for website feedback, as well as sharing events and such. Be sure to check it out. 😀 - New website. Who dis?
We’re working on some new things here. Check back soon for more updates. - Sheffield Parkour and Freerunning Community GroupSheffield Parkour and Freerunning Community Group Looking to get started with Parkour / Freerunning in Sheffield? Head on over to our local community group to see when we’re training and say hello! 🙂
- Chinatobymillington: There I was, bored shitless on my break at work, when Nye asked if I wanted to go to China, so naturally, I booked my ticket there and then, on my break at work. Fast forward 4 months and we’d just landed in Guangzhou, with no plans or arrangements and our possessions on our
- Help us demonstrate and teach at Cliffhanger 2015!This is super last-minute but we need equipment to train on for Heason Events’Cliffhanger 2015, at Millhouses Park, in Sheffield, starting tomorrow. We’re looking for anything suitable to jump to/from, including boxes, hay-bales, pallets, scaffold etc. If any scaffolding companies in the area would like to help us out with some sweet set up for
- Domain name woes, no more.To alleviate any confusion when trying to find our website, you can now access at http://www.SheffieldParkour.org, .com or .co.uk. Tell all your friends and, of course, shout it from the rooftops of Sheffield. Though, if you’re reading this, you’ve probably already found your way here and all these irrelevant to you now, so go train!
- We’re returning to Cliffhanger.Come see us do our thing and learn more about Parkour at this year’s Cliffhanger Event in Sheffield. Tickets: £6 per adult, accompanied children under 16 Free.
- Sheffield Parkour, on Facebook.Sheffield Parkour, on Facebook. Like our Facebook Page for frequent training and session updates.