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'''Ellesmere Port''' (originally Netherpool) is a large industrial town and port in the unitary authority of ] and the ceremonial county of ], ]. It is situated on the south border of the ] on the banks of the ], which in turn gives access to the ], and to the north of the city of ]. The town had a population of 64,100 as of the ].
'''Ellesmere Port''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|l|z|m|ɪər}} {{respell|ELZ|meer}}) is a port town in the ] borough in ], England. Ellesmere Port is on the south eastern edge of the <!--geographically and historically, but not administratively-->], {{convert|6|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} north of ], on the bank of the Manchester Ship Canal. The town had a population of 61,090 in the ].<ref name=2011census>{{NOMIS2011|id=E35001428|title=Ellesmere Port Built-up area|access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref> Ellesmere Port also forms part of the wider ], which had a population of 325,264 in 2011.<ref>
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The town is primarily industrial, being dominated by a ] oil refinery at ] and a former ] chemical works. The town is also home to the ] car factory, where the ] range of cars is produced. There are a number of tourist attractions: the ], the ] and the ] which is owned by ]. The town was originally established on the ] at the entrance to the ]. As well as a service sector economy, it has retained large industries including ], a chemical works and the ] car factory. There are also a number of tourist attractions including the ], the ] and ].


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== History ==
The town of Ellesmere Port was founded as an outlet to the sea from ], ] and the Welsh border area around ] via a ] initially called the ]. The canal was designed and engineered by ] and ] as part of a project to connect the rivers ], ] and ]. The canal connected to the Mersey in the village of Netherpool, and the basin was known as Whitby Locks. The section between Whitby Locks and ] was opened in 1795, connecting two of the rivers; but the connection to the Severn was never completed.


==History==
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The town of Ellesmere Port was founded at the outlet of the never-completed ]. The canal (now renamed) was designed and engineered by ] and ] as part of a project to connect the rivers ], ] and ]. The canal was intended to be completed in sections. In 1795 the section between the River Mersey at Netherpool and the River Dee at ] was opened. However the canal was not finished as first intended; it never reached the River Severn. Upon reevaluation it was decided that the costs to complete the project were not projected to be repaid because of a decrease in expected commercial traffic. There had been a loss of competitive advantage caused by steam engine-related economic advances (nationally, regionally and locally) during the first decade of canal construction. During or before the construction of the canal the village of Netherpool changed its name to the Port of Ellesmere, and by the early 19th century, to Ellesmere Port.


Settlements had existed in the area since the writing of the ] in the 11th century, which mentions ], ], Pool<ref>{{cite web|url=http://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/nether-and-over-pool/|title=Place: Pool|publisher=Open Domesday|first=Anna|last=Powell-Smith|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref> (now ]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/compress/cu31924028139339/formats=ARCHIVE%20BITTORRENT,RAW%20CORNELL%20BOOK%20ZIP,DUBLIN%20CORE,METADATA,MARC,MARC%20BINARY|title=The place-names of the Liverpool district; or, the history and meaning of the local and river names of south-west Lancashire and of Wirral|first=Henry|last=Harrison|publisher=Elliot Stock|year=1898|access-date=23 December 2012}}</ref>) and ].<ref name=CHSS>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheshirearchaeology.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HTS_Arch_Assess_EllesmerePort.pdf |title=Cheshire Historic Towns Survey, Ellesmere Port, Archaeological Assessment |publisher=Cheshire County Council |year=2003 |access-date=1 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208130423/http://www.cheshirearchaeology.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/HTS_Arch_Assess_EllesmerePort.pdf |archive-date=8 December 2015}}</ref> The settlement of Whitby was a ] in the ancient parishes of ] and ], within the ]. The township, which included the hamlets of Ellesmere Port and Whitbyheath, became a ] in 1866. To enhance the economic growth of the area, the Netherpool, Overpool and Whitby civil parishes were abolished on 1 April 1911 to become parts of the new civil parish of Ellesmere Port.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/whitby.html |title=Whitby|publisher=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|access-date=1 December 2015}}</ref>
The village of Netherpool gradually changed its name to the 'Port of Ellesmere', and by the early 19th century, to Ellesmere Port. Settlements had existed in the area since the writing of the '']'' (the suburbs of ], ] and ] are all mentioned). The first houses in Ellesmere Port itself, however, grew up around the docks and the first main street was Dock Street, which now houses the National Waterways Museum. Station Road, which connected the docks with the village of Whitby, also gradually developed and as more shops were needed, some of the houses became retail premises. As the expanding industrial areas growing up around the canal and its docks attracted more workers to the area, the town itself continued to expand.

The first houses in Ellesmere Port itself, however, grew up around the docks and the first main street was Dock Street, which now houses the National Waterways Museum. Station Road, which connected the docks with the village of Whitby, also gradually developed and as more shops were needed, some of the houses became retail premises. The main employer at this time was Burnell's Iron Works which had been set up at the end of the nineteenth century. This was followed by the setting up of the Mersey Ironworks factory by the Wolverhampton Corrugated Iron Company In 1905 who settled on Ellesmere Port as a way of exploiting the company's international trade through the nearby ports of Birkenhead and Liverpool. Initially 300 workers and their families came from ] and the surrounding areas to work in the factory, settling in a specially built worker's village named “Wolverham”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roydenhistory.co.uk/eportwarmemorial/alsoserved/not_on_wm/griffiths_henry_and_e/griffiths_h%20and%20e.pdf|title=Wolverhampton Corrugated Iron Company|first=Mike|last=Royden|access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref> As the expanding industrial areas growing up around the canal and its docks attracted more workers to the area, the town itself continued to expand.


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By the mid-20th century, thanks to the opening of the ] in 1894 and the Stanlow Oil Refinery in the 1920s, the town had expanded so that it now incorporated the villages of Great and Little Sutton, Hooton, Whitby, Overpool and Rivacre as suburbs. The town centre itself had moved from the Station Road/Dock Street area, to an area that had once been home to a ] (indeed, the former ] Borough Council officially referred to the town centre as 'Stud Farm' for housing allocation purposes) around the crossroads of Sutton Way/Stanney Lane and Whitby Road. Demand for housing was further increased with the opening of the ] car plant in 1962.
By the mid-20th century, thanks to the opening of the ] in 1894 and the Stanlow Oil Refinery in the 1920s, Ellesmere Port had expanded so that it now incorporated the villages of Great and Little Sutton, Hooton, Whitby, Overpool and Rivacre as suburbs. The town centre itself had moved from the Station Road/Dock Street area, to an area that had once been home to a ] (indeed, the former ] Borough Council officially referred to the town centre as Stud Farm for housing allocation purposes) around the crossroads of Sutton Way/Stanney Lane and Whitby Road.


The foundation stone for Ellesmere Port Civic Hall was laid by the Chairman of Ellesmere Port Borough Council, Horace Black, on 2 May 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk/default_twocolumn.php?skip=3045&Global=*&dates=&category=&ContentCounty=&Abroad=&Professional=&ProfCategories=&AmCategories=&AllPodCategories=&AvailableOnline=|title=The Laying of the Foundation Stone at the new Civic Hall|publisher=Manchester Metropolitan University|access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref> It was designed in the ] and completed in 1955.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epmsonline.co.uk/index.php/our-concerts/36-ellesmere-port-civic-hall|title=Ellesmere Port Civic Hall|publisher=Ellesmere Port Music Society|access-date=22 February 2021}}</ref> The ] were constructed just to the southwest of the civic hall and completed in 1969.<ref>{{cite news |title=Borough of Ellesmere Port |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Cheshire Observer |date=12 December 1969 |location=Chester |page=11 |quote=...at the new Municipal Offices, 4 Civic Way, Ellesmere Port...}}</ref>
Between the 1950s and 1980s, a number of new housing estates were developed, many of them on the sites of former farms such as Hope Farm and Grange Farm. Many estates consisted of both ] and privately-owned homes and flats. In the mid-1980s, the Port Arcades, a covered ] was built in the town centre, which complemented the erection of ] store{{Fact|date=July 2007}} which was bought out by ] prior to the completion of the Port Arcades.


In the 20th century, a number of new housing estates were developed, many of them on the sites of former farms such as Hope Farm and Grange Farm. Many estates consisted of both ] and privately owned houses and flats.
Some of the town's more deprived suburbs were hit by rioting (blamed largely on the ]) in July 1981 in a wave of rioting which hit dozens of other British towns and cities that year.


Ellesmere Port, in more recent times has had an influx of immigrants from ]. Thus demand for housing increased with the opening of the ] ] in 1962. Opened as a components supplier to the ] plant, passenger car production began in 1964 with the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.factorytour.co.uk/ellesmereport/ |title=Ellesmere Port car factory- Vauxhall, Opel |publisher=Factorytour.co.uk |access-date=20 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314155901/http://www.factorytour.co.uk/ellesmereport/ |archive-date=14 March 2012}}</ref> The plant is now Vauxhall's only car factory in Britain, since the end of passenger car production at the Luton plant in 2004 (where commercial vehicles are still made). Ellesmere Port currently produces the ] model on two shifts, employing 2,500 people.
By the 1990s, it was the retail sector rather than the industrial that was attracting workers and their families to the town. This was boosted with the building of the Cheshire Oaks outlet village and the Coliseum shopping park, which also included a ] cinema; prior to this since the closure of the cinema adjacent to the station in the 1950s the town's only cinema had been a single screen in the EPIC Leisure Centre.


In the mid-1980s, the Port Arcades, a covered ] was built in the town centre. By the 1990s, it was the retail sector rather than the industrial that was attracting workers and their families to the town. This was boosted with the building of the Cheshire Oaks outlet village and the Coliseum shopping park, which also included a ] cinema; prior to this since the closure of the cinema in Station Road, Little Sutton (King's cinema) and the Queen's cinema adjacent to Ellesmere Port railway station in the 1960s the town's only cinema had been a single screen in the EPIC Leisure Centre.
The town continues to grow and expand, and more housing estates and shops are being built. The industrial sector is still a major employer in the town although in recent years, a number of factories have been closed and jobs lost. Marks & Spencer are currently (2010) building what is being claimed to be their largest store apart from Marble Arch on a site opposite to the Coliseum shopping park


Since 1974 Ellesmere Port has been an ] when the civil parish of Ellesmere Port was abolished and all its functions were assumed by the new district of ]. The district was abolished in 2009, and the town no longer has its own council.
The Vauxhall plant at Ellesmere Port is now Vauxhall's only car factory in Britain since the closure of the Luton plant in 2004, and currently produces the ] model for the British market. Doubts over the plant's future were ended in 2007 when ] confirmed that the next generation Astra will be built at the plant when it is launched in 2010.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}


In August 2012, ] opened their largest store (apart from Marble Arch in London) on a site near the Coliseum shopping park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corporate.marksandspencer.com/stories/blog/mands-cheshire-oaks-store |title=M&S Cheshire Oaks Store|publisher=Marks and Spencer|access-date=27 April 2021}}</ref>
== Governance==


==Governance==
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Ellesmere Port was nearly included into the ], in ], when that was formed on 1 April 1974. It was removed from the proposals before the ] had its first reading, and instead remained in Cheshire as part of the borough of ].


Plans were announced which proposed combining the borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston with the ] and ] districts to form a new "West Cheshire" ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ellesmereport-neston.gov.uk/feature.htm?item=32 |title=Future of local government in Cheshire |publisher=Ellesmere Port & Neston Borough Council |access-date=27 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928221718/http://www.ellesmereport-neston.gov.uk/feature.htm?item=32 |archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref> The new unitary authority came into being on 1 April 2009 as ]. The Conservatives won control of this council in shadow elections in May 2008, winning a majority of seats in the Ellesmere Port area for the first time.
Ellesmere Port is a shit hole and fenny lives in a bin!

At national level, Ellesmere Port is part of the ] parliamentary constituency. {{As of|2025}}, the town is currently represented by ] ] (MP) ].

==Demography==
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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Population since 1901<ref name=CHSS/>
! Year !! Population
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| 1901 || 10,366
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| 1911 || 10,253
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| 1921 || 12,891
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| 1931 || 18,267
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| 1951 || 32,653
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| 1961 || 44,681
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| 1971 || 61,637
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| 1981 || 63,315
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| 1991 || 31,378
|-
| 2001 || 64,100
|-
| 2011 || 61,090
|-
|}

The ] records 27,134 households in Ellesmere Port, with 40.9% of the population aged between 30 and 59. It lists the ] of the town as 95.2% White British, 0.8% White Irish, 1.6% White Other, 0.8% mixed ethnicity, 1.1% Asian, 0.2% Black and 0.1% other. 97.8% speak English as a first language.<ref name=2011census/>

==Religion==
According to the 2011 census, the main religion of Ellesmere Port is Christianity with 72.1% of the population. 20% have no religion, 6% are unspecified, 0.4% are Muslim, 0.2% are Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu and 0.2% other.<ref name=2011census/>

==Landmarks==
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*], largest aquarium in the UK 1998–1999
*], largest outlet village in the UK 1995–present, largest outlet village in Europe 1995–1998. It is the location of the UK's largest artificial Christmas tree, {{convert|90|ft|m}} tall and {{convert|32|ft|m}} wide<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chesterfirst.co.uk/news/117002/cheshire-oaks-bosses-plan-huge-christmas-event.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420055837/http://www.chesterfirst.co.uk/news/117002/cheshire-oaks-bosses-plan-huge-christmas-event.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 April 2013 |title=Cheshire Oaks bosses plan huge Christmas event |newspaper=The Chester Standard |publisher=NWN Media Ltd |date=24 October 2012 |access-date=24 November 2012}}</ref>
*The Coliseum Retail Park, retail outlet located next to Cheshire Oaks Outlet
*Ellesmere Port Hospital, located in Whitby <ref>NHS, , accessed 25 May 2022</ref>
* Ellesmere Port Sports Village, a £15 million sports village opened in late 2015
*], second largest store in the UK
*], largest canal boat collection in the world
*], second largest industrial space in the UK
*Whitby Hall, listed Victorian building in ] and home of '''Theatre Porto''', formerly Action Transport Theatre company<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Hello, We Are Theatre Porto |url=https://theatreporto.org/hello-we-are-theatre-porto/ |website=Theatre Porto |access-date=27 March 2023 |date=1 January 2023}}</ref>


==Geography== ==Geography==
Ellesmere Port is located at the southern end of the <!--geographically and historically, but not administratively-->], in the county of Cheshire. Its suburbs include ] to the north west, ] to the north, Rossmore to the north east, with Whitby and Wolverham to the south.
Suburban localities of Ellesmere Port include:
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== Transport ==
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Ellesmere Port is located near the interchange of the ] and the ] motorways. The ] between ] and ], also passes through the area. There is a bus station in the town centre with frequent services to Chester, ], ], ], ],and ]. There are some services to Mold, North Wales. Occasional National Express coaches serve the bus station. Most services are operated by ], ] or ].
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===Parks and green spaces===
] has frequent electric trains to Chester and ] via the ] of the ] network. There is also an infrequent service to ], with the route passing through ] and Elton.
* ]
* ]
* Stanney Woods Nature Reserve


==Media==
The ] joins the Mersey estuary north-west of Ellesmere Port at ], but the town is also the northern terminus of the ] (which used to exchange goods with sea-going boats at what is now the National Waterways Museum).
Local news and television programmes are provided by ] and ]. Television signals are received from the ] TV transmitter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Winter_Hill |title=Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter|publisher=UK Free TV |access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref> With its close proximity with ], ] and ] can also be received from the ] TV transmitter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Moel_Y_Parc |title=Full Freeview on the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter|publisher=UK Free TV |access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref>

Local radio stations are ] on 95.8 FM, ] on 97.1 FM, ] on 105.4 FM, ] on 100.4 FM, and ] on 106.3 FM.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/news-and-views/incidents/weather-disruptions/radio-stations|title=Radio Stations|website=Cheshire West and Chester Council|access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref>

The town is served by the local newspaper, ] (formerly The Ellesmere Port Standard).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-nw/ellesmere-port-standard/|title=The Ellesmere Port Standard)|date=12 August 2013|website=British Papers|accessdate=21 November 2023}}</ref>

==Transport==
===Road===
Ellesmere Port is located near the interchange of the ] and the ] motorways. The ] between ] and ], also passes through the area. The M56 carries the ] in this area.

===Buses===
There is a bus station in the town centre with frequent services to Chester, ], ], ], ], ], Birkenhead and ]. There are also services to ], ] operated by Stagecoach. Occasional National Express coaches serve the bus station. Most services are operated by ] with one service operated by Helms of Eastham and another by Arrowebrook Coaches.

===Rail===
] is on the ] of the ] network and has a train service to Chester via Hooton and also Liverpool via Birkenhead. The line was ] from ] to Ellesmere Port by ] in 1994. There is also an infrequent ].

===Canal===
The ] joins the Mersey estuary north-west of Ellesmere Port at ], but the town is also the northern terminus of the ] (which used to exchange goods with seagoing boats at what is now the National Waterways Museum).


==Sports== ==Sports==
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Speedway racing operated at the stadium in Thornton Road in the mid to late 1970s and in the 1980s. Ellesmere Port Gunners raced in the lower tier Leagues. ] are the local football team.
Speedway racing operated at ] in Thornton Road in the mid to late 1970s and in the 1980s; from March 2013 to spring 2014, the stadium was back in use for greyhound racing. Ellesmere Port Gunners raced in the lower tier Leagues. The Gunners' best season was their last, 1985, when they won the National League championship. The campaign was marred by a career-ending injury sustained by inspirational captain Joe Owen. Owen was hurt in a track crash at Birmingham. Ellesmere Port Town F.C. was once of town's main football team before the founding of Vauxhall Motors F.C. in 1963. Ellesmere Port Town F.C. was founded in 1948 and folded in 1973. The club's main achievements were playing in the Northern Premier League (The 7th tier in the English Football Pyramid) and reaching the F.A. Cup First Round in the 1971–1972 season, losing 3–0 to Boston United. ] are the local football team.

In 2009 ] and his run around the UK for ] saw him pass through Little Sutton village centre and Hooton. The footage is only minutes long however.

In 2012 Ellesmere Port played host to the ] as part of the Paralympic Torch Relay celebrations. ]s campus in Ellesmere Port was one of the drop off points for the flame as well as the EPIC leisure centre and the David Lloyd Leisure Centre. Events included sporting demonstrations and the parade of the Paralympic flame.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chesterfirst.co.uk/news/115678/ellesmere-port-welcomes-paralympic-flame.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130419233046/http://www.chesterfirst.co.uk/news/115678/ellesmere-port-welcomes-paralympic-flame.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 April 2013 |title=Ellesmere Port welcomes Paralympic flame |newspaper=Chesterfirst |publisher=NWN Media |date=30 August 2012 |access-date=23 November 2012}}</ref>

Construction began in January 2014 for the new multimillion-pound Sports Village in Stanney Grange which initially was to incorporate an Olympic sized swimming venue (now smaller), tennis courts, football pitches and other sport halls, and will be the new home of ], the local professional ] team from the start of the 2015/16 BBL Championship season. The village is situated on site of the old Stanney High School by Cheshire Oaks, the Coliseum and M&S.


==Notable people== ==Notable people==
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The following people are natives of Ellesmere Port, or have lived there for a period of time. The following people are natives of Ellesmere Port, or have lived there for a period of time.
* ] (1921–2022) was in charge of the Land Rovers engineering development from 1947 to 1957, went to the Little Sutton Primary School
* Comedian ] grew up in the town's Wolverham district.
* ] (born 1952) also known as Charles Salvador, is an English criminal and ''"most violent prisoner in Britain"'' lived in Ellesmere Port in his early teens
* ], author, grew up in Ellesmere Port the daughter of a grocer as chronicled in her book ''About My Father's Business''.


===Politics===
* Horror author ] has used the local library in the town when working on his novels.{{Fact|date=June 2009}}
* ] (1884 in Hooton – 1954) Conservative MP for ] 1924 to 1929, for ] 1932 to 1945 and for ] 1950 to 1954
* ], footballer who played for ] between 1910-1926.
* ] (1938–2024) ex-Deputy Prime Minister attended the Grange Secondary Modern School in 1948.
*], operatic soprano, was born in Ellesmere Port.<ref> (accessed 31 March 2010)</ref>
* ] (1949–2019) former Labour MP for ] from 1992 to 2015.
* ], former ] player and manager was born in Ellesmere Port on 25 October 1916. Like his friend Joe Mercer he played football for Cambridge Road School and Ellesmere Port Boys.
* ] (born 1950 in Ellesmere Port) Labour MP for ] and former government minister
* ], 2008 Ladies World Darts Champion currently resides in Ellesmere Port with her husband ].
* ], footballer who played for Everton, ] and ]. Born in Ellesmere Port in 1929. He worked for Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council before returning to Everton, where he works as an ambassador for the club.
* ], Labour MP and former government minister, born and educated in the town and still has family connections locally.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.bevhughes.co.uk/about.htm |title=About Bev Hughes|publisher=Labour Party|accessdate=3 August 2009}}</ref>
* ] from pop group ] grew up here.
* ], England football international and manager was born in Ellesmere Port on 9 August 1914. He played football for Cambridge Road School and was selected to play for Ellesmere Port Boys against Chester Boys in January 1929. Mercer led Manchester City to the 1968 First Division championship, and went on to win the FA Cup (1969), League Cup (1970) and European Cup Winners' Cup (1970).
* ], The Ex-Deputy Prime Minister attended the Grange Secondary Modern School in 1948.


== See also == ===Creative arts===
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* ] (1906 in Ellesmere Port – 1990) was an English poet whose work features in one of the ], ''Poetry of the Thirties'' (1964).
* ] (1916–2004) author, born and grew up in Ellesmere Port the daughter of a grocer as chronicled in her book ''About My Father's Business''
* ] (1951–2012) an English teacher in Ellesmere Port, then a British video game designer
* ] (born 1964) singer, songwriter formerly of ] and ] grew up in Little Sutton
* ] (born 1967 in Ellesmere Port) an English comedian and impressionist, comedy writer, voice-over artist and multi-instrumentalist musician.
* ] (born 1974 in Ellesmere Port) an English musician, formerly the bassist for the rock band ]
* ] (born 1975) an English singer, dancer, stage actor, kickboxer and personal trainer, member of pop group ] grew up here.
* ] (active 1990 to 1996) were an English indie rock band, formed in Ellesmere Port
* ] (formed 2013) a four-piece indie-rock band including James Madden and Callum McFadden who grew up in the area.
* Joshua Leary, an Electronic musician and hip-hop producer better known by his stage name ].
===Sport===
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* ] (1889 in Ellesmere Port – 1967) footballer, played 279 times for ] between 1910 and 1926.
* ] (1914 in Ellesmere Port – 1990) England football international and manager, led ] to the 1968 First Division championship, won the ] (1969), ] (1970) and ] (1970).
* ] (1916 in Ellesmere Port – 2001) former ] player and manager, he played football for Cambridge Road School and Ellesmere Port Boys.
* ] (1922 in Hooton – 1978) an English cricketer who played his county cricket for Worcestershire
* ] (1929–2013) footballer who played for ], ] and ], he also worked as an ambassador for ]
* ] (1932 in Ellesmere Port – 2011) an English professional footballer who made nearly 250 pro appearances
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Town in Cheshire, England

Town in England
Ellesmere Port
Town
Ellesmere Port Civic Hall
Ellesmere Port is located in CheshireEllesmere PortEllesmere PortLocation within Cheshire
Population61,090 (2011 census)
OS grid referenceSJ4175
• London170 mi (270 km) SE
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townELLESMERE PORT
Postcode districtCH65, CH66
Dialling code0151
PoliceCheshire
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UK
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53°16′44″N 2°53′49″W / 53.279°N 2.897°W / 53.279; -2.897

Ellesmere Port (/ˈɛlzmɪər/ ELZ-meer) is a port town in the Cheshire West and Chester borough in Cheshire, England. Ellesmere Port is on the south eastern edge of the Wirral Peninsula, six miles (ten kilometres) north of Chester, on the bank of the Manchester Ship Canal. The town had a population of 61,090 in the 2011 census. Ellesmere Port also forms part of the wider Birkenhead urban area, which had a population of 325,264 in 2011.

The town was originally established on the River Mersey at the entrance to the Ellesmere Canal. As well as a service sector economy, it has retained large industries including Stanlow oil refinery, a chemical works and the Vauxhall Motors car factory. There are also a number of tourist attractions including the National Waterways Museum, the Blue Planet Aquarium and Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet.

History

Ellesmere Port Dock at the Manchester Ship Canal looking towards the Stanlow Refinery

The town of Ellesmere Port was founded at the outlet of the never-completed Ellesmere Canal. The canal (now renamed) was designed and engineered by William Jessop and Thomas Telford as part of a project to connect the rivers Severn, Mersey and Dee. The canal was intended to be completed in sections. In 1795 the section between the River Mersey at Netherpool and the River Dee at Chester was opened. However the canal was not finished as first intended; it never reached the River Severn. Upon reevaluation it was decided that the costs to complete the project were not projected to be repaid because of a decrease in expected commercial traffic. There had been a loss of competitive advantage caused by steam engine-related economic advances (nationally, regionally and locally) during the first decade of canal construction. During or before the construction of the canal the village of Netherpool changed its name to the Port of Ellesmere, and by the early 19th century, to Ellesmere Port.

Settlements had existed in the area since the writing of the Domesday Book in the 11th century, which mentions Great Sutton, Little Sutton, Pool (now Overpool) and Hooton. The settlement of Whitby was a township in the ancient parishes of Eastham and Stoak, within the Wirral Hundred. The township, which included the hamlets of Ellesmere Port and Whitbyheath, became a civil parish in 1866. To enhance the economic growth of the area, the Netherpool, Overpool and Whitby civil parishes were abolished on 1 April 1911 to become parts of the new civil parish of Ellesmere Port.

The first houses in Ellesmere Port itself, however, grew up around the docks and the first main street was Dock Street, which now houses the National Waterways Museum. Station Road, which connected the docks with the village of Whitby, also gradually developed and as more shops were needed, some of the houses became retail premises. The main employer at this time was Burnell's Iron Works which had been set up at the end of the nineteenth century. This was followed by the setting up of the Mersey Ironworks factory by the Wolverhampton Corrugated Iron Company In 1905 who settled on Ellesmere Port as a way of exploiting the company's international trade through the nearby ports of Birkenhead and Liverpool. Initially 300 workers and their families came from Wolverhampton and the surrounding areas to work in the factory, settling in a specially built worker's village named “Wolverham”. As the expanding industrial areas growing up around the canal and its docks attracted more workers to the area, the town itself continued to expand.

Whitby lighthouse
Ellesmere Port Hospital

By the mid-20th century, thanks to the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894 and the Stanlow Oil Refinery in the 1920s, Ellesmere Port had expanded so that it now incorporated the villages of Great and Little Sutton, Hooton, Whitby, Overpool and Rivacre as suburbs. The town centre itself had moved from the Station Road/Dock Street area, to an area that had once been home to a stud farm (indeed, the former Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council officially referred to the town centre as Stud Farm for housing allocation purposes) around the crossroads of Sutton Way/Stanney Lane and Whitby Road.

The foundation stone for Ellesmere Port Civic Hall was laid by the Chairman of Ellesmere Port Borough Council, Horace Black, on 2 May 1953. It was designed in the modernist style and completed in 1955. The Ellesmere Port Council Offices were constructed just to the southwest of the civic hall and completed in 1969.

In the 20th century, a number of new housing estates were developed, many of them on the sites of former farms such as Hope Farm and Grange Farm. Many estates consisted of both council housing and privately owned houses and flats.

Ellesmere Port, in more recent times has had an influx of immigrants from Liverpool. Thus demand for housing increased with the opening of the Vauxhall Motors car plant in 1962. Opened as a components supplier to the Luton plant, passenger car production began in 1964 with the Vauxhall Viva. The plant is now Vauxhall's only car factory in Britain, since the end of passenger car production at the Luton plant in 2004 (where commercial vehicles are still made). Ellesmere Port currently produces the Vauxhall Astra model on two shifts, employing 2,500 people.

In the mid-1980s, the Port Arcades, a covered shopping mall was built in the town centre. By the 1990s, it was the retail sector rather than the industrial that was attracting workers and their families to the town. This was boosted with the building of the Cheshire Oaks outlet village and the Coliseum shopping park, which also included a multiplex cinema; prior to this since the closure of the cinema in Station Road, Little Sutton (King's cinema) and the Queen's cinema adjacent to Ellesmere Port railway station in the 1960s the town's only cinema had been a single screen in the EPIC Leisure Centre.

Since 1974 Ellesmere Port has been an unparished area when the civil parish of Ellesmere Port was abolished and all its functions were assumed by the new district of Ellesmere Port and Neston. The district was abolished in 2009, and the town no longer has its own council.

In August 2012, Marks & Spencer opened their largest store (apart from Marble Arch in London) on a site near the Coliseum shopping park.

Governance

Ellesmere Port Council Offices

Ellesmere Port was nearly included into the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside, when that was formed on 1 April 1974. It was removed from the proposals before the Local Government Act 1972 had its first reading, and instead remained in Cheshire as part of the borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston.

Plans were announced which proposed combining the borough of Ellesmere Port and Neston with the Chester and Vale Royal districts to form a new "West Cheshire" unitary authority. The new unitary authority came into being on 1 April 2009 as Cheshire West and Chester. The Conservatives won control of this council in shadow elections in May 2008, winning a majority of seats in the Ellesmere Port area for the first time.

At national level, Ellesmere Port is part of the Ellesmere Port and Bromborough parliamentary constituency. As of 2025, the town is currently represented by Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Justin Madders.

Demography

Joseph Groome Apartment blocks
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
Population since 1901
Year Population
1901 10,366
1911 10,253
1921 12,891
1931 18,267
1951 32,653
1961 44,681
1971 61,637
1981 63,315
1991 31,378
2001 64,100
2011 61,090

The 2011 census records 27,134 households in Ellesmere Port, with 40.9% of the population aged between 30 and 59. It lists the ethnicity of the town as 95.2% White British, 0.8% White Irish, 1.6% White Other, 0.8% mixed ethnicity, 1.1% Asian, 0.2% Black and 0.1% other. 97.8% speak English as a first language.

Religion

According to the 2011 census, the main religion of Ellesmere Port is Christianity with 72.1% of the population. 20% have no religion, 6% are unspecified, 0.4% are Muslim, 0.2% are Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu and 0.2% other.

Landmarks

Blue Planet Aquarium
Cheshire Oaks shopping centre
  • Blue Planet Aquarium, largest aquarium in the UK 1998–1999
  • Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet, largest outlet village in the UK 1995–present, largest outlet village in Europe 1995–1998. It is the location of the UK's largest artificial Christmas tree, 90 feet (27 m) tall and 32 feet (9.8 m) wide
  • The Coliseum Retail Park, retail outlet located next to Cheshire Oaks Outlet
  • Ellesmere Port Hospital, located in Whitby
  • Ellesmere Port Sports Village, a £15 million sports village opened in late 2015
  • Marks & Spencer, second largest store in the UK
  • National Waterways Museum, largest canal boat collection in the world
  • Stanlow Oil Refinery, second largest industrial space in the UK
  • Whitby Hall, listed Victorian building in Whitby Park and home of Theatre Porto, formerly Action Transport Theatre company

Geography

Ellesmere Port is located at the southern end of the Wirral Peninsula, in the county of Cheshire. Its suburbs include Overpool to the north west, Westminster to the north, Rossmore to the north east, with Whitby and Wolverham to the south.

Neighbouring places
Eastham Garston
(across River Mersey)		 Hale
(across River Mersey)
Ledsham, Willaston Ellesmere Port Elton, Helsby
Capenhurst Backford, Chester Stoak, Thornton-le-Moors

Parks and green spaces

Media

Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North West and ITV Granada. Television signals are received from the Winter Hill TV transmitter. With its close proximity with North Wales, BBC Wales and ITV Cymru Wales can also be received from the Moel-y-Parc TV transmitter.

Local radio stations are BBC Radio Merseyside on 95.8 FM, Capital North West & Wales on 97.1 FM, Heart North West on 105.4 FM, Smooth Radio North West on 100.4 FM, and Dee Radio on 106.3 FM.

The town is served by the local newspaper, Chester and District Standard (formerly The Ellesmere Port Standard).

Transport

Road

Ellesmere Port is located near the interchange of the M56 and the M53 motorways. The A41 road between Birkenhead and Chester, also passes through the area. The M56 carries the European Route E22 in this area.

Buses

There is a bus station in the town centre with frequent services to Chester, Liverpool, Runcorn, Elton, Helsby, Frodsham, Birkenhead and Neston. There are also services to Mold, North Wales operated by Stagecoach. Occasional National Express coaches serve the bus station. Most services are operated by Stagecoach Merseyside & South Lancashire with one service operated by Helms of Eastham and another by Arrowebrook Coaches.

Rail

Ellesmere Port railway station is on the Wirral line of the Merseyrail network and has a train service to Chester via Hooton and also Liverpool via Birkenhead. The line was electrified from Hooton to Ellesmere Port by British Rail in 1994. There is also an infrequent service to Warrington.

Canal

The Manchester Ship Canal joins the Mersey estuary north-west of Ellesmere Port at Eastham, but the town is also the northern terminus of the Shropshire Union Canal (which used to exchange goods with seagoing boats at what is now the National Waterways Museum).

Sports

Ellesmere Port Greyhound Stadium

Speedway racing operated at Ellesmere Port Stadium in Thornton Road in the mid to late 1970s and in the 1980s; from March 2013 to spring 2014, the stadium was back in use for greyhound racing. Ellesmere Port Gunners raced in the lower tier Leagues. The Gunners' best season was their last, 1985, when they won the National League championship. The campaign was marred by a career-ending injury sustained by inspirational captain Joe Owen. Owen was hurt in a track crash at Birmingham. Ellesmere Port Town F.C. was once of town's main football team before the founding of Vauxhall Motors F.C. in 1963. Ellesmere Port Town F.C. was founded in 1948 and folded in 1973. The club's main achievements were playing in the Northern Premier League (The 7th tier in the English Football Pyramid) and reaching the F.A. Cup First Round in the 1971–1972 season, losing 3–0 to Boston United. Vauxhall Motors F.C. are the local football team.

In 2009 Eddie Izzard and his run around the UK for Sport Relief saw him pass through Little Sutton village centre and Hooton. The footage is only minutes long however.

In 2012 Ellesmere Port played host to the Paralympic Flame as part of the Paralympic Torch Relay celebrations. West Cheshire Colleges campus in Ellesmere Port was one of the drop off points for the flame as well as the EPIC leisure centre and the David Lloyd Leisure Centre. Events included sporting demonstrations and the parade of the Paralympic flame.

Construction began in January 2014 for the new multimillion-pound Sports Village in Stanney Grange which initially was to incorporate an Olympic sized swimming venue (now smaller), tennis courts, football pitches and other sport halls, and will be the new home of Cheshire Phoenix, the local professional British Basketball League team from the start of the 2015/16 BBL Championship season. The village is situated on site of the old Stanney High School by Cheshire Oaks, the Coliseum and M&S.

Notable people

Sir Herbert Williams, 1924
John Prescott, 2007

The following people are natives of Ellesmere Port, or have lived there for a period of time.

  • Arthur Goddard (1921–2022) was in charge of the Land Rovers engineering development from 1947 to 1957, went to the Little Sutton Primary School
  • Charles Bronson (born 1952) also known as Charles Salvador, is an English criminal and "most violent prisoner in Britain" lived in Ellesmere Port in his early teens

Politics

Creative arts

Ian Prowse, 2010
Lee Latchford-Evans, 2009
  • Edgar Foxall (1906 in Ellesmere Port – 1990) was an English poet whose work features in one of the Penguin poetry anthologies, Poetry of the Thirties (1964).
  • Lillian Beckwith (1916–2004) author, born and grew up in Ellesmere Port the daughter of a grocer as chronicled in her book About My Father's Business
  • Mike Singleton (1951–2012) an English teacher in Ellesmere Port, then a British video game designer
  • Ian Prowse (born 1964) singer, songwriter formerly of Pele and Amsterdam grew up in Little Sutton
  • Stevie Riks (born 1967 in Ellesmere Port) an English comedian and impressionist, comedy writer, voice-over artist and multi-instrumentalist musician.
  • Stove King (born 1974 in Ellesmere Port) an English musician, formerly the bassist for the rock band Mansun
  • Lee Latchford Evans (born 1975) an English singer, dancer, stage actor, kickboxer and personal trainer, member of pop group Steps grew up here.
  • Pele (active 1990 to 1996) were an English indie rock band, formed in Ellesmere Port
  • Hooton Tennis Club (formed 2013) a four-piece indie-rock band including James Madden and Callum McFadden who grew up in the area.
  • Joshua Leary, an Electronic musician and hip-hop producer better known by his stage name Evian Christ.

Sport

Stan Cullis Statue
Ian Bowyer, 2009
Rob Jones, 2008
Johannah Leedham, 2015
  • Sam Chedgzoy (1889 in Ellesmere Port – 1967) footballer, played 279 times for Everton between 1910 and 1926.
  • Joe Mercer (1914 in Ellesmere Port – 1990) England football international and manager, led Manchester City to the 1968 First Division championship, won the FA Cup (1969), League Cup (1970) and European Cup Winners' Cup (1970).
  • Stan Cullis (1916 in Ellesmere Port – 2001) former Wolverhampton Wanderers player and manager, he played football for Cambridge Road School and Ellesmere Port Boys.
  • Michael Ainsworth (1922 in Hooton – 1978) an English cricketer who played his county cricket for Worcestershire
  • Dave Hickson (1929–2013) footballer who played for Everton, Liverpool and Tranmere Rovers, he also worked as an ambassador for Everton
  • Ralph Gubbins (1932 in Ellesmere Port – 2011) an English professional footballer who made nearly 250 pro appearances
  • Tony Coleman (born 1945 in Ellesmere Port) an English former footballer who made 250 pro appearances
  • Mick Wright (born 1946 in Ellesmere Port) an English former professional footballer who made 282 appearances for Aston Villa
  • Geoff Davies (born 1947 in Ellesmere Port) is an English former professional footballer who made 305 pro appearances
  • Graham Turner (born 1947 in Ellesmere Port) is former Shrewsbury Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Aston Villa manager
  • Ian Bowyer (born 1951 in Little Sutton) footballer, with Manchester City and Nottingham Forest, 608 appearances
  • Paul Jones (born 1953 in Ellesmere Port) a former professional footballer who played 445 games for Bolton Wanderers
  • Barry Siddall (born 1954 in Ellesmere Port) an English former professional goalkeeper, with 614 appearances
  • Neil Whatmore (born 1955 in Ellesmere Port) an English former footballer who made 449 pro appearances
  • Colin Woodthorpe (born 1969) footballer grew up in the town, attended Stanney Comprehensive School, 928 appearances for Chester City, Norwich, Aberdeen and Bury.
  • Rob Jones (born 1971) former footballer for Liverpool and England, 260 appearances, grew up in the town.
  • Anastasia Dobromyslova (born 1984) former Women's World Professional Darts Champion lives in the town.
  • Tony Martin (born 1981 in Ellesmere Port) Professional darts player and Team GB soft tips darts captain.
  • Johannah Leedham (born 1987 in Ellesmere Port) Team GB women's basketball captain for London 2012
  • Paul Butler (born 1988 in Ellesmere Port) an English professional Bantamweight boxer and a former IBF Bantamweight champion
  • Doug Ellis (1924–2018), business entrepreneur and Aston Villa chairman.

See also

References

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  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Ellesmere Port Built-up area (E35001428)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Birkenhead Built-up area (E34004654)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  4. Powell-Smith, Anna. "Place: [Nether and Over] Pool". Open Domesday. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  5. Harrison, Henry (1898). The place-names of the Liverpool district; or, the history and meaning of the local and river names of south-west Lancashire and of Wirral. Elliot Stock. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Cheshire Historic Towns Survey, Ellesmere Port, Archaeological Assessment" (PDF). Cheshire County Council. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  7. "Whitby". GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  8. Royden, Mike. "Wolverhampton Corrugated Iron Company" (PDF). Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  9. "The Laying of the Foundation Stone at the new Civic Hall". Manchester Metropolitan University. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  10. "Ellesmere Port Civic Hall". Ellesmere Port Music Society. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  11. "Borough of Ellesmere Port". Cheshire Observer. Chester. 12 December 1969. p. 11. Retrieved 6 September 2022. ...at the new Municipal Offices, 4 Civic Way, Ellesmere Port...
  12. "Ellesmere Port car factory- Vauxhall, Opel". Factorytour.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  13. "M&S Cheshire Oaks Store". Marks and Spencer. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  14. "Future of local government in Cheshire". Ellesmere Port & Neston Borough Council. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
  15. "Cheshire Oaks bosses plan huge Christmas event". The Chester Standard. NWN Media Ltd. 24 October 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  16. NHS, Ellesmere Port Hospital, accessed 25 May 2022
  17. "Hello, We Are Theatre Porto". Theatre Porto. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  18. "Full Freeview on the Winter Hill (Bolton, England) transmitter". UK Free TV. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  19. "Full Freeview on the Moel-Y-Parc (Flintshire, Wales) transmitter". UK Free TV. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  20. "Radio Stations". Cheshire West and Chester Council. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  21. "The Ellesmere Port Standard)". British Papers. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  22. "Ellesmere Port welcomes Paralympic flame". Chesterfirst. NWN Media. 30 August 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2012.

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