THE MERE AT ELLESMERE
64 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🛝Family🐶Dogs
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome64 ha
Getting here
52.90817, -2.88386
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
8 activities🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
café, toilets, car park; Country park — good for group day out
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Country park — designed for family visits
Dogs allowed — country park
Country park — managed habitat
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Maelor WayWalking route39 km▾
Named routeLength 39 kmRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 12Walking route23 km▾
Named routeRef ShW12Length 23 kmLocal walking route
Shropshire Way - Whitchurch to EllesmereWalking route34 km▾
Named routeRef ShW12bLength 34 kmRegional walking route
Shropshire Way - stage 13Walking route22.1 km▾
Named routeRef ShW13Length 22.1 kmLocal walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Meres & Mosses Family Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Signposted as Colemere Family Route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 455Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 455National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route82 m▾
Named routeRef 455Length 82 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route411 m▾
Named routeRef 455Length 411 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route964 m▾
Named routeRef 455Length 964 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 455Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
The Mere at Ellesmere frozen over
Photos
The Mere at Ellesmere frozen over
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
26,165 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,165 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2025Mallard · Cormorant · Black-headed Gull · Tufted Duck · Grey Heron
+48 more speciesHide species list
All 53 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
- TealAnas crecca
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025Grey Squirrel · Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius lophanthae · Pine Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis tenax
+6 more speciesHide species list
All 11 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,165 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds53 species
autumnwinter
2025Mallard · Cormorant · Black-headed Gull · Tufted Duck · Grey Heron
+48 more speciesHide species list
All 53 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus
- TealAnas crecca
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RavenCorvus corax
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025Grey Squirrel · Badger
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Rhyzobius lophanthae · Pine Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Eristalis tenax
+6 more speciesHide species list
All 11 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas