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Ellesmere Port
is primarily industrial, being dominated by a Shell oil
refinery at Stanlow and a former ICI chemical works. The town
is also home to the Vauxhall Motors car factory, noted for
producing the Astra range of cars in the UK. There are a
number of tourist attractions: the Boat Museum, the "Blue
Planet" aquarium and the McArthur Glen Cheshire Oaks outlet
village.
Ellesmere Port
was nearly included into the Merseyside
borough of Wirral when that was formed in 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. The two towns, and the
other villages that comprise the borough, are thus the only
places on the Wirral that are not included as part of
Merseyside.
Ellesmere Port
has a railway station with frequent electric trains to Liverpool
and rare trains to Helsby, the route passing through Stanlow and
Elton. It is also located at the interchange of the M56 and the
M53 motorways.
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
sea-going boats at what is now the Boat Museum).
There is a bus station with frequent services to Liverpool,
Runcorn, Elton, Ince, Chester and Neston. There are some
services to Mold, North Wales. Occasional National Express
coaches serve the bus station. Most services are operated by
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Ellesmere Port Shopping Arcade
Ellesmere Port Shopping Arcade
Useful links for Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port Standard
Ellesmere Port Boat Museum
Ellesmere Port Running Club
Blue Planet Aquarium
Ellesmere Port Jobs
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