
The Pioneers statue celebrates the canal builders who founded Ellesmere Port and was cast in bronze by Liverpool artist Stephen Broadbent.

The council offers free, independent, confidential advice on the following benefits:
If you need to find out whether you are eligible for any of these benefits or if you need help completing benefit forms, please get in touch with our Independent Benefit Advisor, Karen Linford.
Phone Karen on 0151 356 6607 or email karen.linford@epnbc.gov.uk
Home visits can be arranged if required.
The council is warning against 'sell and rent back' arrangements, where homeowners sell their homes to property companies who buy their home and rent it back to them. Owners who take up this option are often not eligible for housing benefit to help pay their rent. For more information click on the link below:
Advice on all aspects of benefits is also available from Ellesmere Port and Neston's Citizens Advice Bureau.