got two offers from clearing, which one will you choose?

I will be doing mechanical engineering and seeing as you don't do physics take the one with a foundation year you will need it. Sheffield was one of my choices and has a great engineering department and much better links than Hull.

Applying for a 'nicer city and university' is well... stupid. One goes to a Unieversity to learn and acquire a degree not for how nice it is. There are cases of people graduating from higher ranked Universities like Cambridge with no job prospects. To conclude, to each their own i guess. A University choice is rather subjective becasue there are other factors like the way their lectures are taught etc

Sheffield, no doubt about it.

I was kind of in a similar situation, I got offers from both Southampton and Easy Anglia. The difference was that Southampton, being the more prestigious univeristy offered me a 4 year course including foundation, while East Anglia was a 3 year course. I'm also international so the fees are enormous, it was a difficult decision but I ended up choosing Southampton because it's a better university and is part of the Russell group which means it has a lot to offer any science major. Sheffield is also in the Russell group.