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45-688: The National Waterways Museum (NWM) is in Ellesmere Port , Cheshire , England, at the northern end of the Shropshire Union Canal where it meets the Manchester Ship Canal ( grid reference SJ406771 ). The NWM's collections and archives focus on the Britain's navigable inland waterways, including its rivers and canals , and include canal boats , traditional clothing, painted canal decorative ware and tools. It

90-623: 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 . 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

135-468: 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

180-473: A first language. 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. 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

225-598: 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

270-523: A revival in the NWM's fortunes and work on addressing the areas of maintenance is now taking place. The heritage boatyard trains young people in skills that might otherwise be lost. Two boats, Ilkeston and Ferret , are sponsored by the London Canal Museum , which contributes annually to the cost of their maintenance. The NWM incorporates all surviving parts of the original industrial port. Over

315-719: A site near the Coliseum shopping park. 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

360-528: A tough financial situation. Some boats were advertised in Museums Journal early in 2009 for disposal, there being insufficient money for their restoration. Visitors to the Ellesmere Port site can see boats, in the care of a national museum, sunken into the water or kept afloat by automatic pumps. However, the initiative to create a heritage boatyard, with lottery and other funding, has spurred

405-483: A wide range of material relating to waterways in Britain and abroad. A terrace of four houses known as Porter's Row contains dock workers' cottages which have been decorated and furnished to represent different periods from the 1840s to the 1950s. The NWM contains a collection of historic boats. Short boat trips along the Shropshire Union Canal are arranged. The NWM is open at advertised times throughout

450-602: Is also an infrequent service to Warrington . 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). Speedway racing operated at the stadium in Thornton Road in the mid to late 1970s and in

495-577: Is one of several museums and attractions operated by the Canal & River Trust , the successor to The Waterways Trust . The NWM site occupies the former Netherpool port that was designed by Thomas Telford , under the direction of William Jessop , for the ill-fated Ellesmere Canal . The proposed waterway in England and Wales was planned to carry commercial traffic between the rivers Mersey and Severn . The NWM's historic buildings are all that remain of

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540-507: Is part of the Ellesmere Port and Neston parliamentary constituency. As of 2021 , the current Member of Parliament (MP) is Justin Madders (Labour). 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

585-767: Is served by the local newspaper, Chester and District Standard (formerly The Ellesmere Port Standard). 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. 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

630-411: Is situated on site of the old Stanney High School by Cheshire Oaks, the Coliseum and M&S. The following people are natives of Ellesmere Port, or have lived there for a period of time. [REDACTED] Media related to Ellesmere Port at Wikimedia Commons [REDACTED] Ellesmere Port travel guide from Wikivoyage Museums Journal Museums Journal is free for all individual members of

675-481: The hydraulic cranes and the capstans which were used around the dock, and the Power Hall contains a variety of other engines. The blacksmith 's forge was where the ironwork for the canal and its boats was made. A resident blacksmith works in the forge. The stables which housed the horses and pigs are still present. The former toll house hosts temporary and touring exhibitions. The Waterways Archive contains

720-521: The 1980s; since March 2013, the stadium has been 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.

765-689: The Circulation Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum , and a semi-professional artist who had trained at the Royal College of Art . This trade magazine–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about magazines . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . This museum-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This news magazine or journal-related article

810-549: The Museums Association. Non-members can subscribe. Museums Journal publishes news stories daily, Q&As with museum sector leaders, alongside monthly features, comment, news analysis, reviews, and a section dedicated to museum people. New museums and exhibitions are peer-reviewed in Museums Journal, and website users can log in to add their own comments. Both UK and international openings are covered by

855-710: 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

900-629: The Shropshire Union from the NWM to Audlem . 53°17′17″N 2°53′31″W  /  53.288°N 2.892°W  / 53.288; -2.892 Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Port ( / ˈ ɛ l z m ɪər / 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

945-774: 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

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990-546: 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

1035-591: 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

1080-615: 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 ,

1125-521: 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

1170-545: 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. 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

1215-618: The failure to generate the expected income from commercial boat traffic. The plans to build the remaining southern section to the Shrewsbury Canal and the connection between Pontcysyllte and Chester were abandoned. For the next 40 years, the 7 acres (3 ha) port served boats using the Chester Canal until it was taken over by the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company in 1845. It amalgamated

1260-666: The former stretches of Ellesmere Canal, along with Eastern and Western branches of the Montgomery Canal , the Shrewsbury Canal and the Shropshire Canal into the Shropshire Union Canal . The port at Netherpool remained in operation until it was finally closed in the 1950s. A museum, which was called the North West Museum of Inland Navigation, was founded at the disused port in the 1970s. It

1305-649: 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

1350-512: The inland port that transferred goods and cargo from narrowboats onto rivercraft that would then sail to the docks at Liverpool. The northern section of the Ellesmere Canal, which was built as a 10 mi (16 km) contour canal , connected Netherpool port to Chester Canal in 1797. When it opened, its revenue was expected to help fund the rest of the Ellesmere Canal project. However, by 1805 work had stalled because of rising costs and

1395-466: The magazine. A weekly blog is written by the editorial staff. Practical work and case studies are covered in Museums Journal' s sister publication, Museum Practice . Museums Journal is editorially independent of the Museums Association. It represents the Museums Association's policy priorities and work programmes as well as other views. The editor has final say about what is published. It

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1440-641: 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

1485-726: The north, Rossmore to the north east, with Whitby and Wolverham to the south. 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

1530-680: 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

1575-623: 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

1620-500: The past 40 years, the historic site has been restored. This includes the locks , docks and warehouses and a pump and engine room . A toll house built in 1805 and the Island Warehouse was built in 1871 to store grain. The Island Warehouse has an exhibition on the history of boat-building and another describing the social history of canals. The Pump House contains the steam-driven pumping engines which supplied power for

1665-644: The subject of considerable concern and criticism in the waterways press because, essentially, the NWM has insufficient money to fund the upkeep of the many historic boats in the collection. Unlike the National Railway Museum , which receives funding direct from HM Government, the NWM only receives public money through the Canal & River Trust, previously British Waterways. During the winter of 2008–2009, opening hours were cut at Gloucester and Ellesmere Port to just two days per week in an effort to manage

1710-520: 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. 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

1755-559: 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

1800-600: The year. The locks within the NWM site are designated by English Heritage as Grade II listed buildings . Also listed at Grade II are the lighthouse at the entry of the canal into the Mersey, and a lock keeper's hut. In 2010, the NWM was one of three featured on Richard Macer 's BBC Four series Behind the Scenes at the Museum . In 2020, the NWM featured as the start point of series two of Robbie Cumming's Canal Boat Diaries on BBC One . The episode travels along

1845-596: Was first published in 1901. Elijah Howarth was the first editor, and remained editor until 1909, when he resigned. Peter van Mensch described the publication as "the first national journal for the museum field as a whole". Joseph Bailey (1860-1950) was the Editor of the Museums Journal from 1921-26, and the President of the Museums Association from 1924-26. He was the former Secretary and Keeper of

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1890-697: Was formerly used to include the inland waterways collection at two other museum sites in England, which are now named the Gloucester Waterways Museum in Gloucester , and The Canal Museum in Stoke Bruerne , Northamptonshire . The NWM is entrusted with a collection that has the status of a designated collection, as determined by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council . However, the standard of collection management has been

1935-691: 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

1980-551: Was later renamed The Boat Museum and then, until 2012, the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port. In the 1990s, The Waterways Trust took on the management of the National Waterways Museum. Funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund helped create new displays and improve visitor facilities. In 2012, the Waterways Trust was incorporated to the Canal & River Trust . The name "National Waterways Museum"

2025-463: 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

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