Market Transformation
We’re creating a new market fit for the future, a proper market – a place to meet, shop and eat.
Approximately £8.5 million will be spent to help enhance and transform the market. Plans include radically improving its external appearance, thermal efficiency plus upgrading the entrances and interior, with the aim of helping to future-proof the market for many more years to come
The Flea Market space will become a new destination for events and activities and will have a significant make-over also. This will increase the number and range of events that can be held to attract more visitors to the town centre from across Ellesmere Port and the surrounding area.
We are working with all our existing traders to support them through the process so that they can benefit from the investment to help sustain and grow what is a thriving and popular market. We also want to attract new traders to widen the choice of goods and foods available, whilst keeping its role as a ‘proper’ market and a place to meet.
Support our traders
During the transformation works, there will be some changes to the entrances and temporary relocation of stalls. Please bear with us while the works take place, follow the external signs to the nearest entrance and internal signs will be available throughout the market to help you find our traders in their temporary locations.
The market transformation will include some reconfiguration of the interior to improve movement around stalls to make it easier to find your way with a new colour scheme and new seating areas.
Other improvements will include installing WiFi, entrepreneurial and co-working spaces, allocated areas for community and youth activities, a relocated children’s play area and new fully accessible toilets.
Blending the past with the future
Improvements to the outside of the building involve cladding the external facades with durable non-combustible material. The bright new exterior and interior colour scheme has been inspired by a 1970s Vauxhall colour chart, linking the market to the nearby Stellantis factory. The exterior colours are based on ‘Sunspot’ warm yellow for the market entrance canopy and ‘Tasman Orange’ for the flea market entrances.
The entrance to the market will be improved with outdoor spaces for seating and events, a separate Flea Market entrance, and secure cycle parking.
Making the building more energy efficient is a key part of the plans, this includes the installation of solar panels on the roof, low energy lighting and increased insulation within the new external cladding.
The market transformation is part of a £13 million project using funding from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. The project will transform Ellesmere Port Market, prepare for low carbon town centre housing around Coronation Road and create a new walking, wheeling and cycling route to support bringing more residents and visitors into the town centre.
Details about the project and wider improvements to the town centre, building new homes and Active Travel routes are included in a new display in the market, as work progresses, this will be updated and shared online.
