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Ellesmere is a market community near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, notable for its closeness to a variety of prominent Meres. The community is found alongside Ellesmere (aka ‘the Mere’), one of the biggest all-natural meres in England outside the Lake District and also one of 9 glacial meres in the location. (‘glacial’ means that the depression occupied by the mere was the area of a block of ice that persisted at the end of the last Glacial epoch). These meres are various from those in the Lake District because they do not have a flow of water into them to preserve the level. A man-made island in the Mere was created in 1812 from dirt dug out throughout the production of the gardens at Ellesmere House. This was later on called Moscow Island, as Napoleon was forced to pull back from Moscow that year. The Mere has a visitors’ centre as well as is popular with birdwatchers, many of whom visit to see grey herons nesting. There are 8 other meres nearby: Blakemere, Colemere, Crosemere, Kettlemere, Newtonmere, Whitemere, Sweatmere and also Hanmer Mere. The civil parish which comprises the community is Ellesmere Urban; the bordering church, covering a large rural area, is Ellesmere Rural.