Ellesmere is a market town near Oswestry in north Shropshire, England, remarkable for its proximity to a variety of prominent Meres. The community is found alongside Ellesmere (aka 'the Mere'), among the biggest all-natural meres in England outside the Lake District and one of nine glacial meres in the location. ('glacial' suggests that the depression inhabited by the simple was the place 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 circulation of water right into them to maintain the degree. A fabricated island in the Mere was created in 1812 from dirt removed throughout the production of the gardens at Ellesmere House. This was later on called Moscow Island, as Napoleon was required to retreat from Moscow that year. The Mere has a visitors' centre and also is preferred with birdwatchers, most of whom visit to see grey herons nesting. There are eight other meres close by: Blakemere, Colemere, Crosemere, Kettlemere, Newtonmere, Whitemere, Sweatmere and also Hanmer Mere. The civil parish which comprises the community is Ellesmere Urban; the bordering parish, covering a big rural area, is Ellesmere Rural.