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National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port: Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Waterways_Museum,_Cheshire_-2.jpgAuthor: David Merrett
Ellesmere Port is a major industrial town and port in Cheshire, England. It is located on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal, a short distance from the River Mersey, and to the immediate north of the city of Chester. Ellesmere Port has a population of 64,000 people (2012 estimate).
Ellesmere was once a village named Netherpool. It was developed in the 18th century, when the area began to industrialize, and canals were built to improve navigation and transportation. Netherpool was renamed Port of Ellesmere, and then Ellesmere Port. The area has been inhabited for over a thousand years, and settlemetns around the area all appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086.
The opening of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894 spurred the development of Ellesmere Port. Within a short time, it had expanded to absorb surrounding villages such as Great and Little Sutton, Hooton, Whitby, Overpool and Rivacre.
Ellesmere Port remains a highly industrial town today, with an oil refinery and a petrochemical plant. There is also a car factory producing the Astra.
Ellesmere Port Civic Hall: Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fountain_in_front_of_Civic_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_422531.jpgAuthor: Sue Adair
Visiting Ellesmere Port
From Manchester, take the M56 motorway until Exit 15, then continue north on the M53 motorwy until Ellesmere Port.Places of Interest in Ellesmere Port
- Blue Planet Aquarium: Marine and freshwater aquarium near the Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet. It was the largest aquarium in the country when it opened in 1998, and is still the largest in North West England.
- Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet: The largest outlet centre in the United Kingdom, with 145 stores.
- National Waterways Museum: Museum on the northern end of the Shropshire Union Canal. It documents the waterways of Britain, and has the largest collection of canal boats in the world. Comparable to the London Canal Museum.
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