Is Ellesmere Port safe? United Kingdom travel risk
Is Ellesmere Port safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ellesmere Port scores 32/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates United Kingdom Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 9 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ellesmere Port scores 32/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United Kingdom (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ellesmere Port: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (40/100).
A score of 32 is higher than the scores of 36% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Location & Spatial Data
Situated in Cheshire West and Chester at 53.2790° N, 2.8970° W, Ellesmere Port lies 272.2 km SE of London. Time zone: UTC.
Cheshire West and Chester
53.2790° N, 2.8970° W
Lowland
UTC
61,090
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United Kingdom)
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (19 °C avg high); Wettest: October (126 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 7° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 17° | 13° | 9° | 8° |
| Low °C | 3° | 3° | 4° | 6° | 8° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 12° | 9° | 6° | 4° |
| Rain mm | 103 | 67 | 80 | 77 | 66 | 76 | 97 | 88 | 93 | 126 | 122 | 96 |
Normals: Liverpool (15.6 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Droughts | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ellesmere Port happened in June (2 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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