The Pioneers statue celebrates the canal builders who founded Ellesmere Port and was cast in bronze by Liverpool artist Stephen Broadbent.
Only approved Memorial Masons are allowed to carry out work within the Council run cemeteries.
The approved Memorial Masons is required to ensure that all installation work is carried out in accordance with this Council's Memorial Masons Registration Scheme. The scheme encompasses the required standards outlined within the National Association of Memorial Masons Recommended Code of Working Practice (NAMM) together with other compulsory requirements as set out by the council.
Upon completion of any work the mason must provide you with a written 10 year workmanship guarantee. Please ensure you ask about this at the time of placing your order.
| Memorial Mason | Telephone Number |
| Birkenhead Monumental, 469 Borough Road, Birkenhead | 0151 609 0117 |
| Buckley Memorials, Spencer Industrial Estate, Standard Road, Buckley and Ledsham Road, Ellesmere Port. Also at 5a Rivacre Road, Ellesmere Port | 01244 548379 and 0151 355 2456 |
| Chester Stonecraft (Blackwells Memorials), Overleigh Road, Handbridge, Nr.Chester & Rivacre Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire | 01244 680704 and 0151 355 3345 |
| E.F.Mackie, 109 Rake Lane, 109 Rake Lane, Wallasey | 0151 652 6789 |
| Heritage Stone (UK) Ltd, 7 Ketlan Court, River Lane, Saltney, CH4 8SB | 01244 680123 |
| Jones and Hughes Ltd, Salop Road, Oswestry, Shropshire,SY11 2RJ | 01691 652659 |
| RGR Memorials Ltd, 27 Mill Road, Kettering, Northants | 01536 4200300 |
| Mackenzie Memorials / Memorial Care, 60 Manor Hill, Prenton, Wirral | 0151 652 1186 |
| Thomas Rock Memorials, 7b Market Place, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 2BZ | 01200 442820 |
| McMurray Brothers Ltd., 15 Brackenbury Street, Preston, PR1 7RL | 01772 556587 |
