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Polar Express brings festive magic to Ellesmere Winter Festival

The Polar Express rolled into Ellesmere, adding a magical touch to the town's Winter Festival celebrations.

Supporting image for story: Polar Express brings festive magic to Ellesmere Winter Festival

Supporting image for story: Shropshire town's new mayoral chain will cost £4,000

Shropshire town's new mayoral chain will cost £4,000

Supporting image for story: 'Totally inappropriate': Residents pack pub for meeting over concerns for 14 new homes in their Shropshire village

'Totally inappropriate': Residents pack pub for meeting over concerns for 14 new homes in their Shropshire village

Supporting image for story: Oswestry illuminated tractor run thinks of Ella from Ellesmere who died when she was just 13 years-old

Oswestry illuminated tractor run thinks of Ella from Ellesmere who died when she was just 13 years-old

Supporting image for story: Ellesmere Winter Festival 2025: Full schedule, road closures and everything you need to know

Ellesmere Winter Festival 2025: Full schedule, road closures and everything you need to know

Supporting image for story: Ellesmere Poppy Appeal concert raises more than £1k

Ellesmere Poppy Appeal concert raises more than £1k

Supporting image for story: Star-studded Shropshire: Remember when Ellesmere College was backdrop to a 1978 Richard Burton psychological thriller?

Star-studded Shropshire: Remember when Ellesmere College was backdrop to a 1978 Richard Burton psychological thriller?

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Polar Express brings festive magic to Ellesmere Winter Festival

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Supporting image for story: Your photos of wintry Shropshire scenes as cold snap delivers first snowfall of the season

Your photos of wintry Shropshire scenes as cold snap delivers first snowfall of the season

Supporting image for story: New plans for 14 homes near Ellesmere

New plans for 14 homes near Ellesmere

Supporting image for story: Stunning photos as Northern Lights treat Shropshire residents to rare spectacle

Stunning photos as Northern Lights treat Shropshire residents to rare spectacle

Supporting image for story: Temporary consent for static caravans near Ellesmere is refused

Temporary consent for static caravans near Ellesmere is refused

Supporting image for story: Village effort dresses Cockshutt Church Tower in poppies once again

Village effort dresses Cockshutt Church Tower in poppies once again

Supporting image for story: Tesco customers in Ellesmere can spread festive joy by gifting toys this Christmas

Tesco customers in Ellesmere can spread festive joy by gifting toys this Christmas

Supporting image for story: Ellesmere housing plan attracts objections with claims town is 'being swamped' with new houses

Ellesmere housing plan attracts objections with claims town is 'being swamped' with new houses

Supporting image for story: In pictures: Fuel tanker in a Shropshire village that rolled down an embankment while full of 36,000 litres of kerosene

In pictures: Fuel tanker in a Shropshire village that rolled down an embankment while full of 36,000 litres of kerosene

Supporting image for story: Shropshire floral talent blooms on national stage

Shropshire floral talent blooms on national stage

Supporting image for story: Three sheep saved from shoulder-deep bog on farmland near Ellesmere

Three sheep saved from shoulder-deep bog on farmland near Ellesmere

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About Ellesmere

Famed for the Mere lake, the market town of Ellesmere has numerous Georgian and half-timbered buildings surrounding the medieval streets. Ellesmere's shops are many and varied, with a host of individual and independent shops.