Settlements similar to or like Sheffield

City and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. Second-largest city, urban area and metropolitan area in England and the United Kingdom, with roughly 1.1 million inhabitants within the city area, 2.9 million inhabitants within the urban area and 3.7 million inhabitants within the metropolitan area and lies within the most populated English district. Wikipedia

City and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. The city has the country’s fifth-largest population at 547,627 (as of 2018) and lies within the United Kingdom's second-most populous urban area, with a population of 2.7 million, third most-populous county, at around 2.8 million, and second-most populous metropolitan area, with a population of 3.3 million. Wikipedia

Largest city in the county of West Yorkshire, England and the most populous in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Cultural, financial and commercial heart of the West Yorkshire Built-up Area , the UK's fourth-most populous urban area with a reported population of 1.8 million in 2013. Wikipedia

City and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. Approximately, making it the tenth-largest English district by population. Wikipedia

City and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. Located approximately 8.6 mi west of Leeds and lies in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. Wikipedia

Local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Kirklees Council with the status of a metropolitan borough. Huddersfield, and the district also includes Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Kirkburton, Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. Wikipedia