Lymm ( ) is a village and

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in the

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. It incorporates the

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s of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rushgreen and Statham. At the

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, the parish had a population of 12,660 and the built up area had a population of 11,545. The village borders

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to the east, 1 mile from

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to the north.

History

The name Lymm, of

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origins, means a "place of running water" and is likely derived from an ancient stream that ran through the village centre. The village appears as "Limme" in the

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of 1086. Lymm was an

agricultural Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created f ...

village until the

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, which brought the

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and the Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway to the village. The village played a prominent role within the salt extraction industry, gold beating industry and cotton industry (many of its inhabitants were fustian cutters). In 2017, Lymm was voted as one of the Best Places to Live by ''

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'' and ''

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'' list. In 2023, the village was voted as one of Britain's Most Desirable Towns by ''

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'', and third Most Desirable place to live in

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by the ''Telegraph''.

Governance

There are two tiers of local government covering Lymm, at

and

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level: Lymm Parish Council and

Warrington Borough Council Warrington Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Warrington, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. Warrington has had a borough council since 1847, which has been reformed on several occasio ...

. The parish council is based at the Village Hall on Pepper Street. For national elections, Lymm forms part of the Tatton constituency.

Administrative history

Lymm was an

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in the

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of Cheshire. Ludc1

The parish was made a

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in 1863, administered by an elected local board. Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the

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. Lymm Urban District Council subsequently built itself offices at the corner of Whitbarrow Road and Brookfield Road, which were completed in 1902. Lymm Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the

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. The area became part of the

. A

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called Lymm was created in 1974 covering the area of the former urban district. District-level functions passed to Warrington Borough Council, which became a unitary authority in 1998 when it also took over county-level services within the borough from

Cheshire County Council Cheshire County Council was the county council of Cheshire. Founded on 1 April 1889, it was officially dissolved on 31 March 2009, when it and its districts were superseded by two unitary authorities: Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East. ...

Education

Lymm High School accepts students from Lymm and the surrounding villages and

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. It was judged as 'Good' in its 2024

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inspection with the sixth form provision being judged as ‘Outstanding’. In December 2023 and 2024 ''

'' ranked the school as one of the top five secondary schools in the North West and one of the top secondary schools in the

Warrington Warrington () is an industrial town in the Borough of Warrington, borough of the same name in Cheshire, England. The town sits on the banks of the River Mersey and was Historic counties of England, historically part of Lancashire. It is east o ...

area. Lymm is also in the catchment for Altrincham Grammar School for Boys and Altrincham Grammar School for Girls. There are four

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s within Lymm. The following three primary schools formed as an

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by the Beam Education Trust in May 2021: * Oughtrington Primary School (Ofsted rating 'Outstanding', 2020) * Ravenbank Community Primary School (Ofsted rating 'Good', 2023) * Statham Primary School (Ofsted rating 'Good', 2023) The fourth primary school is Cherry Tree Primary School, located in the southern part of Lymm, and was rated as 'Good' at its last Ofsted inspection in 2024. The

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Japanese School (マンチェスター日本人補習授業校 ''Manchesutā Nihonjin Hoshū Jugyō Kō''), a weekend Japanese educational programme, is held at the Language Centre at Lymm High School.

Culture and heritage

Lymm Heritage Centre, which opened in June 2017, is in the centre of the village on Legh Street. It hosts exhibitions related to local history as well as activities for schools and visitors.

Morris dancing Morris dancing is a form of English folk dance. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers in costume, usually wearing bell pads on their shins, their shoes or both. A band or single musi ...

was taking place in Lymm as early as 1817, often appearing in the village at Rushbearing time throughout the

Victorian era In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. Slightly different definitions are sometimes used. The era followed the ...

. Morris dancing continues to feature within the village with Lymm Morris dancers frequently performing during Rushbearing and at the various annual village festivals including the Lymm May Queen Festival, Lymm Festival and Lymm Dickensian Festival. Lymm is twinned with

Meung-sur-Loire Meung-sur-Loire () is a commune in the Loiret department, north-central France. It was the site of the Battle of Meung-sur-Loire in 1429. Geography Meung-sur-Loire lies 15 km to the west of Orléans on the north bank of the river Loir ...

, an ancient village and commune near

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, notable for its historic buildings, both listed and unlisted including the French-style

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former

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, St Peter's Church and Lymm Hall. Another is Oughtrington Hall and Lodge (formerly owned by a cadet branch of the

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family) this is now Lymm High School. Foxley Hall, home to a cadet branch of the ancient Booth family before ownership passed to the

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family, is no longer standing, but

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-cutting cottages on Church Road and Arley Grove do survive. The

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of St Peter, Oughtrington, is an example of

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architecture. St Mary's Church, Lymm, overlooking Lymm Dam and dating back to 1521, was rebuilt in the 19th century after falling into disrepair. Lymm Baptist Church was built in 1850 and an attached Sunday school was built in 1851. Lymm Cross, usually known simply as "the Cross", is a

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structure dating from the 17th century, restored in 1897. A “

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” (reptile) footprint was discovered in the

, in one of Lymm's many

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, which is thought to be from the

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period. It is on display in the centre of the village. Spud Wood is a recreational area, located next to the

, managed by the Woodland Trust. In 2014 the community was granted a licence to run a wood allotment scheme where local residents can

coppice Coppicing is the traditional method in woodland management of cutting down a tree to a tree stump, stump, which in many species encourages new Shoot (botany), shoots to grow from the stump or roots, thus ultimately regrowing the tree. A forest ...

and

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wood. There is also a

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located in grounds behind Oughtrington Community Centre – run by the same local group.

Transport

The M56 (junctions 7, 8 and 9) and M6 (junction 19 and 20) motorways are both within of Lymm. The conjunction of these motorways with the A50 is known as the Lymm Interchange, and hosts a service station known as the Poplar 2000 services, a well-used

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. The A56 also passes just south of the village, connecting the nearby towns of

and

Altrincham Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester, southwest of Sale, Greater Manchester, Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2021 United Kingdom ce ...

. The CAT5/5A buses to Lymm from Warrington and Altrincham are frequent on weekdays and Saturdays. Lymm Historic Transport Day is an annual summer festival celebrating various modes of transport, from canal boats to vintage vehicles, which takes place in the village on the May Queen field.

Waterways

The

passes through the centre of Lymm. The

Manchester Ship Canal The Manchester Ship Canal is a inland waterway in the North West England, North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea. Starting at the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary at Eastham, Merseyside, Eastham, near Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, it ...

passes to the north, and beyond its route lies the

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. To the east of Lymm the River Bollin flows along the village's border with Warburton and the borough of

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. A number of small brooks feed the popular tourist attraction of Lymm Dam, built in 1824 to enable the construction of the

Stockport Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt, Rivers Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame merge to create the River Mersey he ...

–Warrington Road (now known as the A56).

Railways

Lymm railway station was on Whitbarrow Road. It opened on 1 November 1853 as part of the Warrington and Altrincham Junction railway. There was a further station at Heatley, on Mill Lane, for salt and lead. To the east, the track ran via Dunham into Broadheath and the Manchester network. To the west, the track used to run into Warrington, via Latchford, and the tar processing on Loushers Lane, then into Bank Quay Low Level. The line closed to passengers on 10 September 1962; it was officially closed to all types of traffic on 7 July 1985, but lasted a few months. Then it became financially unviable, and the tracks and sleepers were rapidly lifted. Lymm today has no railway station; the closest stations are at Glazebrook, Birchwood,

Knutsford Knutsford () is a market town and civil parish in the Cheshire East district, in Cheshire, England; it is located south-west of Manchester, north-west of Macclesfield and south-east of Warrington. The population of the parish at the 2021 Uni ...

and

Cycleways

Today the old Railway through Lymm forms a good stretch of the

Trans Pennine Trail The Trans Pennine Trail is a long-distance path running from coast to coast across Northern England on a mixture of surfaced paths, with some short on-road sections, and with gentle gradients (it runs largely along disused railway lines and c ...

, with a ranger station at Statham, near the centre of the village. In 2022, upgrade work to certain sections of the trail commenced to provide updated all weather surfaces for users.

Demography

''Note: statistics expressed as percentages may not add up to 100%. Census data is based on that of Lymm Ward from the 2011 censuses.''

Population

* Total population: 12, 700 residents * Households: 5,300 * Male:female ratio: 47.9%:52.1% * Average age of population: 46 years

Ethnicity breakdown

* 95.2% White * 2.2% Mixed * 2.0% Asian * 0.3% Black * 0.4% Other

Highest educational qualifications

* 10.2% have no qualifications. * 4.8% have an apprenticeship qualification. * 33.6% have a level 1, 2 or 3 or qualification. * 49.4% have a level 4 qualification or higher.

RAF Air Cadets

2137 (Lymm) Squadron formed in 1964 as part of the programme to reestablish units that had been closed following the

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. They formed at Park Road in Broomedge with a wooden spooner hut. In 2015 this was demolished to make way for a new £300,000 facility which was opened in 2016. In April 2018 the Squadron lead the Royal Air Force Air Cadets action to commemorate the

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centenary by travelling to the first RAF airfield at

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in France and parading on behalf of the RAF and

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Sport

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is played in Lymm, there are adult and junior teams playing a
Lymm Rovers F.C.
and another junior team –
Lymm Piranhas J.F.C.
Lymm Rugby Union Club fields four teams on a regular basis. There is

angling Angling (from Old English ''angol'', meaning "hook") is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth. The fishing line is usually manipulated with a fishing rod, although rodless te ...

at Lymm Dam and at several other fisheries including Heatley Mere and Meadow View. Angling is represented by th
Lymm Angling Club
Lymm has a number of sports facilities, including: * Lymm Golf Club * Lymm Lawn Tennis Club * Lymm Croquet Club * Lymm Oughtrington Park Cricket Club – whose home ground is in the former grounds of Oughtrington Hall, a former ancestral home of a

cadet A cadet is a student or trainee within various organisations, primarily in military contexts where individuals undergo training to become commissioned officers. However, several civilian organisations, including civil aviation groups, maritime ...

branch of the

family * Lymm Leisure Centre, which is next door to the cricket club at Lymm High School – has a swimming pool, badminton court and gym facilities * Crown green bowling takes place in Stage Lane, the Oughtrington Bowling Club having been established for more than a century Lymm has a number of

cycling Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

(Lymm Velo Club),

triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the ...

(Cheshire CAT) and

running Running is a method of terrestrial locomotion by which humans and other animals move quickly on foot. Running is a gait with an aerial phase in which all feet are above the ground (though there are exceptions). This is in contrast to walkin ...

clubs (Lymm Runners).

Notable people

* Elizabeth Pulman (1836 in Lymm – 1900), British-born

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photographer, the country's first female professional photographer, emigrated 1861 * Ralph Slazenger Moss (1845 in Lymm – 1910), in 1881 with his brother Albert, he founded British sports equipment brand

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* Gerard Dewhurst (1872–1956), English cotton merchant, banker and in 1895 played football once for

; grew up at Oughtrington Hall in Lymm * Cicely Fox Smith (1882 in Lymm – 1954), English poet and writer *

Robert Westall Robert Atkinson Westall (7 October 1929 – 15 April 1993) was an English people, English author and teacher known for fiction aimed at Children's literature, children and Young adult fiction, young people. Some of the latter cover complex, ...

(1929–1993 in Lymm), author, lived locally and bought local writing office using royalties from his children's books. *

Donald Adamson Donald Adamson, (30 March 1939 – 18 January 2024), was a British literary scholar and historian. Books which he wrote include ''Blaise Pascal: Mathematician, Physicist, and Thinker about God'' and '' Balzac and the Tradition of the European ...

, JP (1939–2024), literary scholar and historian, brought up locally * Sir

John Stalker John Stalker (14 April 1939 – 15 February 2019) was a British police officer who served as Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police. He headed the Stalker Inquiry that investigated the shooting of suspected members of the Provisi ...

(1939–2019), former Deputy Chief Constable of

Greater Manchester Police Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England. , Greater Manchester Police employed 6,866 police officers, 3,524 memb ...

, lived in Lymm * Alex Timpson (1946 in Lymm – 2016), campaigner for children's rights; mother of politicians

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and James Timpson *

Matthew Corbett Matthew Corbett (born Peter Graham Corbett on 28 March 1948) is an English former actor, singer, comedian, magician, puppeteer, television presenter, and writer, best known for presenting '' The Sooty Show'' and later '' Sooty and Co''. He is ...

(born 1948),

Sooty Sooty is a British children's television media franchise created by Harry Corbett incorporating primarily television and stage shows. The franchise originated with his fictional glove puppet character introduced to television in '' The Sooty ...

puppeteer, lived for many years in the white house on the canal bank *

Ian Brown Ian George Brown (born 20 February 1963) is an English musician. He was the lead singer and the only continuous member of the alternative rock band the Stone Roses from their formation in 1983. Following the band's initial split in 1996, he be ...

(born 1963), former lead singer for

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, lives in Lymm * Aiden Byrne (born 1972), English chef who starred in ''

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'', owns The Church Green in Lymm * Dan Logan (born 1985), English musician, brought up in Lymm * Miya Ocego (born 1999/2000), actress and model, grew up in Lymm

Sport

Kenneth Carlisle Sir Kenneth Melville Carlisle (born 25 March 1941) is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1979 to 1997. Early life Born in Hiraethog, Denbighshire, Wales, he is the son of Kennet ...

(1882 in Lymm – 1967), cricketer active from 1903 to 1905 who played for

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* Wanda Morgan (1910–1995), golfer of the 1930s; won The Women's Amateur Championship in 1935 * Andrew Murray (born 1956), English pro. golfer, lives in Lymm * David Strettle (born 1983 in Lymm), Saracens F.C. rugby union player * Harry Worley (born 1988 in Lymm), retired footballer, played 140 pro. games, including 62 for

Oxford United F.C. Oxford United Football Club () is a professional association football, football club based in Oxford, England. The club compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football league system, English football. Founded as Headingto ...

* Tom Murray (born 1990), pro. golfer, lives in Lymm * Alex Mitchell (born 1997), pro. rugby player, played in Lymm

In popular culture

The 2011 television series '' Candy Cabs'' and the 2015

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television series '' After Hours'' were filmed in Lymm. A scene from Paul Abbott's television series '' No Offence'' was filmed in Lymm in 2014. Central Lymm is featured in episode 7 of the 2016

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production of ''

Paranoid Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety, suspicion, or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of con ...

''. Lymm has its own radio station, Cheshire's Mix 56, created in 2020. It broadcasts 24 hours a day and is run by volunteers.

References

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History

Governance

Administrative history

Education

Culture and heritage

Transport

Waterways

Railways

Cycleways

Demography

Population

Ethnicity breakdown

Highest educational qualifications

RAF Air Cadets

Sport

Notable people

Sport

In popular culture

See also

References

External links