..ellesmere,ellesmere shropshire,shropshire,england,tourist,visitors,residents,accommodation,mere,canal,hotels,sport Nestling between the Mere and the Canal. our little Market Town, flower filled in Summer, has a wide variety of shops to interest the visitor. At the centre of the town is The Square which is dominated by the Old Town Hall. This building with its pedimented roof was built by the Countess of Bridgewater in 1833. Bridgewater Arms Hotel, commemorates the connection of Ellesmere with the Duke of Bridgewater, to whom it owes its canal. Ellesmere and the canal. It is 200 years since some of Britain's leading industrials first met in Ellesmere to plan a route linking Shrewsbury to what would become Ellesmere Port. Circumstances caused them to build instead a most attractive canal from Llangollen's Horseshoe Falls to Hurleston Junction near Nantwich.