What's On
Model Boat Fair
National Waterways Museum
3rd Mar 2012 - 4th Mar 2012There will be big boats and small boats, docks and locks ....
Chester History Hunter Walking Tour
Town Hall Visitor Information Centre, ChesterEnjoy the Best of Chester with this daily walking tour ....
Railtour: The Lincolnshire Poacher
5th May 2012All aboard for an excursion to Lincoln, Wainfleet (for a tour around Bateman's Brewery) and the seaside town of Skegness ....
Chester Food, Drink & Lifestyle Festival
Chester Racecourse
7th Apr 2012 - 9th Apr 2012The 2012 Chester Food, Drink and Lifestyle Festival will be the 11th festival and it's ready to be the biggest and best yet ....
Lunatics, Lovers, Poets and More
Chester History and Heritage
9th Jan 2012 - 30th Mar 2012This quirky and unusual exhibition looks at some of the curious and remarkable characters ....
Costume Drama: Fashion 1790 to 1850
Sudley House
8th Jul 2011 - 7th May 2012An exhibition that explores the development of fashionable dress during a period of rapid social change ....
Where to Visit
Places
- Acton Bridge
- Adlington
- Alderley Edge
- Alsager
- Altrincham
- Ashley
- Audlem
- Bache
- Bebington
- Bidston
- Birchwood
- Birkenhead
- Bramhall
- Bromborough
- Buckley
- Buxton
- Caergwrle
- Capenhurst
- Cefn-y-Bedd
- Chapel-en-le-Frith
- Cheadle Hulme
- Chelford
- Cheshire Oaks
- Chester
- Congleton
- Crewe
- Cuddington & Sandiway
- Davenport
- Delamere
- Derby
- Disley
- Dove Holes
- Earlestown
- Eastham
- Edge Hill
- Ellesmere Port
- Flixton
- Frodsham
- Furness Vale
- Glazebrook
- Goostrey
- Gwersyllt
- Hale
- Halewood
- Handforth
- Hawarden
- Hazel Grove
- Heaton Chapel
- Helsby
- Heswall
- Holmes Chapel
- Hooton
- Hope
- Hoylake
- Ince & Elton
- Irlam
- Kelsall
- Kidsgrove
- Knutsford
- Leasowe
- Levenshulme
- Little Sutton
- Liverpool
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport
- Longport
- Lostock Gralam
- Lymn
- Macclesfield
- Malpas
- Manchester
- Manchester Airport
- Meols
- Middlewood
- Mobberley
- Moreton
- Mouldsworth
- Nantwich
- Neston
- New Brighton
- New Mills
- Newton-le-Willows
- Northwich
- Padgate
- Penyffordd
- Plumley
- Port Sunlight
- Poynton
- Prees
- Prestbury
- Rock Ferry
- Runcorn
- Sandbach
- Sankey
- Shotton
- Shrewsbury
- Spital
- Stanlow & Thornton
- Stockport
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Styal
- Tarporley & Beeston
- Upton
- Urmston
- Uttoxeter
- Wallasey
- Warrington
- Wem
- West Kirby
- Whaley Bridge
- Whitchurch
- Widnes
- Wilmslow
- Winsford
- Woodsmoor
- Wrenbury
- Wrexham
- Yorton
Ellesmere Port developed when commercial trading commenced along the Shropshire Union Canal and later the Manchester Ship Canal.
The National Waterways Museum portrays the life of boatmen and women and shows how things were when Ellesmere Port was a great dock complex. Many of the original buildings have been preserved together with a unique collection of traditional canal craft.
The Blue Planet Aquarium has the longest moving walkway in the world which passes beneath the waters of a ‘Carribean Reef’. At Blue Planet you are guaranteed to see more types of shark than anywhere else in Britain.
Don't miss shopping in the town centre as well as the thriving market. Ellesmere Port is also home to the the UK's largest outlet centre, Cheshire Oaks, with 145 stores.
Adjacent to Cheshire Oaks is the Coliseum Leisure Park where you can enjoy the thrill of tenpin bowling or catch the latest movie at the 16 screen Vue cinema. There are also eight exciting restaurants and two nightclubs to choose from.