
The Pioneers statue celebrates the canal builders who founded Ellesmere Port and was cast in bronze by Liverpool artist Stephen Broadbent.

The Community Leisure Department offers a wide range of sporting activities and opportunities within the borough with something to suit all tastes, abilities and interests.
We offer basketball coaching and training through the Outdoor Basketball Initiative and activities for young people aged twelve to sixteen years through the Passport 2002 project.
We offer a wide range of volunteering initiatives through the Cheshire Youth Games and the sport and young people programmes. For further information, please contact Michelle Aspden on 0151 356 6456. Throughout the summer months we have Sports Frenzies in and around the borough and a whole host of dance activities, outdoor activities .
We also run a number of courses for sports coaches.