Lymm is a village and
civil parish
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in the
Borough of Warrington
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Cheshire
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, England, which incorporates the
hamlet
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s of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rushgreen and Statham. At the
2011 Census it had a population of 12,350.
History
The name Lymm, of
Celtic
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**Celts (modern)
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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
Domesday Book
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of 1086.
Lymm was an agricultural village until the
Industrial Revolution
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, which brought the
Bridgewater Canal
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and the
Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway
The Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway was a railway line that was in operation from 1 November 1853 to 7 July 1985. The railway was created by an act of parliament on 3 July 1851 to build a line between Timperley Junction on the Manc ...
to the village. The village played a prominent role within the
cotton industry
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, and many of its inhabitants were
fustian cutters.
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.
In 2017, Lymm was voted as one of the 'Best Places to Live' according to ''
The Times
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'' and ''
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'' list.
Governance
The village is split between the Lymm South
ward
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and the Lymm North and Thelwall ward of the Borough of Warrington. Lymm South has two councillors, one
Liberal Democrat
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and one
Conservative
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following the 2021 local elections; while the Lymm North and Thelwall ward has three councillors, all Liberal Democrats as of the
2021 Warrington Borough Council election
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.
There is also a 12-membe
Lymm Parish Council Following the 2021 elections, there are 11 Liberal Democrats and 1 Conservative councillors.
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
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.
Education
Lymm is home to some outstanding schools.
Lymm High School
Lymm High School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire.
History
The date the school was founded is unknown, but the earliest known reference to the school is in a church document da ...
is located in the community. The school accepts students from Lymm and in the surrounding villages and hamlets. It was judged as 'Good' in its 2018
Ofsted
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inspection.
There are four primary schools within Lymm. Three of the primary schools
Oughtrington Community Primary School(''Ofsted Rating 'Outstanding', 2020'')
Ravenbank Community Primary School(''Ofsted Rating 'Outstanding', 2008'') an
Statham Community Primary School(''Ofsted Rating 'Good', 2018'') formed as an Academy
The Beam Education Trust in May 2021. The fourth primary school i
Cherry Tree Primary Schoollocated in the South area of Lymm and at its last Ofsted inspection was rated as 'Outstanding'.
The
Manchester
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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.
Landmarks
Lymm village centre is a designated
conservation area
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, notable for its historic buildings, both
listed
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and unlisted. These include the French-style
terracotta
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former
town hall
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(currently unlisted);
St Peter's Church,
Oughtrington Hall
Oughtrington Hall was a country house located in Oughtrington Lane to the east of the village of Lymm in Cheshire, England.
The manor house was rebuilt in about 1810 for Trafford Trafford (''né'' Leigh: a descendant of the ancient Leighs of W ...
and Lodge, formerly owned by a cadet branch of the
Leigh
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Places In England
Pronounced :
* Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough of Wigan
** Leigh (UK Parliament constituency)
* Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Pronounced :
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* Leigh, Staf ...
family and now Lymm High School; and
Lymm Hall
Lymm Hall is a moated country house in the village suburb of Lymm in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
History
A manor house and estate at Ly ...
, a former
Domville family residence. Foxley Hall, home to a cadet branch of the ancient
Booth
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* Booth (surname)
* Booth (given name)
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family before ownership passed to the
Carlisle
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family, is no longer standing, but
fustian
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-cutting cottages on Church Road and Arley Grove do survive.
The
parish church
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of
St Peter, Oughtrington, is an example of
Gothic Revival
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architecture.
St Mary's Church, Lymm
St Mary's Church is the Anglican parish church of Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, standing on a bank overlooking Lymm Dam. It is a grade II listed building. It is an active church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chest ...
, overlooking
Lymm Dam
Lymm Dam is the name of a dam and lake in Lymm, Cheshire, England, an inset village in the greenbelt around Warrington. It was created in 1824 by a dam built during the construction of what is now the A56 road, when local inhabitants objected to ...
, was in a state of disrepair by the mid-1800s so the Leigh family commissioned the noted
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architect
John Dobson to rebuild it. The 1521
tower
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was retained and raised, but the need for additional stonework meant the tower was rebuilt in 1887.
Lymm Cross, usually known simply as "the Cross", is a
Grade I listed
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structure dating from the 17th century, restored in 1897.
A full list of Listed Buildings within Lymm is available
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.
Transport
The
M56 (junctions 7 and 9) and
M6 (junction 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
truck stop
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. The
A56 also passes just south of the village, connecting the nearby towns of Warrington and
Altrincham
Altrincham ( , locally ) is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, south of the River Mersey. It is southwest of Manchester city centre, southwest of Sale and east of Warrington. At the 2011 Census, it had a population o ...
. The CAT5/5A buses to Lymm from Warrington and Altrincham are frequent on weekdays and Saturdays.
Waterways
The
Bridgewater Canal
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passes through the centre of Lymm. The
Manchester Ship Canal
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passes to the north, and beyond its route lies the
River Mersey
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. To the east of Lymm the
River Bollin
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It rises in Macclesfield Forest at the western end of the Peak District, and can be seen in spring form, from the Buxton to Macclesfield road. The stream t ...
flows along the village's border with
Warburton and the borough of
Trafford
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.
Railways
Lymm railway station
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The London and North Western Railway ( ...
was on Whitbarrow Road. It opened on 1 November 1853 as part of the
Warrington and Altrincham Junction railway
The Warrington and Altrincham Junction Railway was a railway line that was in operation from 1 November 1853 to 7 July 1985. The railway was created by an act of parliament on 3 July 1851 to build a line between Timperley Junction on the Manc ...
. There was a further station at
Heatley, on Mill Lane, for salt and lead. 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
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,
Birchwood
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,
Warrington
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,
Knutsford
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and
Altrincham
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.
Cycleways
Today the old Railway through Lymm forms a good stretch of the
Trans Pennine Trail
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, with a ranger station at Statham, near the centre of the village. 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 entire section is now pathways, except for the high-level bridge crossing the ship canal, whose future is yet to be decided. In 2022
upgrade workto certain sections of the trail commenced to provide updated all weather surfaces for users.
Demography
Population
''Note: statistics expressed as percentages may not add up to 100%. Census data is based on that of Lymm Ward.''
*Total population: 11,040 residents
*Male:female ratio: 49.1%:50.9%
*Average age of population: 40.3 years
Ethnicity breakdown
*98.2% White
*0.7% Mixed
*0.1% Black
*0.6% Asian
*0.4% Other
Housing and social situation
*Households: 4,431
**83.2% are owner occupied
**9.5% are socially rented (i.e. council houses)
**5.6% are privately rented
**1.7% are rent free
Employment
*65.4% are employed.
*2.0% are unemployed.
*2.2% are full-time students (therefore classed as active).
*30.4% are classed as "economically inactive".
Qualifications
*18.8% have no qualifications.
*40.8% have level 1 or 2 qualifications only.
*34.2% have level 3 or higher (i.e. non-compulsory) qualifications.
RAF Air Cadets
2137 (Lymm) Squadron formed in 1964 as part of the programme to reestablish units that had been closed following the Second World War. They formed at Park Road in
Broomedge
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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
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action to commemorate the
Royal Air Force
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centenary by travelling to the first RAF airfield at
Saint-Omer
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in France and parading on behalf of the RAF and
Ministry of Defence
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.
Sport
Association football is played at Lymm F.C. (three teams) Lymm Rovers F.C. and Lymm Piranhas J.F.C., whilst
Lymm Rugby Union Club fields four teams on a regular basis. There is
angling
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at Lymm Dam and at Meadow View, Whitbarrow Road, Statham, where there are three-man-made lakes stocked with a variety of fish. Angling is represented by the Lymm Angling Club.
Lymm has a number of other sports facilities, includin
Lymm Golf Cluband nearby
High Legh
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Park Golf Club; Lymm
Lawn Tennis
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and
Croquet
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Its international governing body is the Wor ...
Club; Lymm Oughtrington Park Cricket Club, whose home ground is in the former grounds of
Oughtrington Hall
Oughtrington Hall was a country house located in Oughtrington Lane to the east of the village of Lymm in Cheshire, England.
The manor house was rebuilt in about 1810 for Trafford Trafford (''né'' Leigh: a descendant of the ancient Leighs of W ...
, a former ancestral home of a
cadet
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branch of the
Leigh
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Pronounced :
* Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough of Wigan
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* Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
Pronounced :
* Leigh, Dorset
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family; and Lymm Leisure Centre which is next door to the cricket club at Lymm High School. Burford Lane Farm is one of many
horse riding
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venues in north Cheshire.
Crown green bowling
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takes place in Stage Lane, the Oughtrington club having been established over a hundred years.
Lymm has a number of
cycling
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(Lymm Velo Club),
triathlon
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Cheshire CAT and
running
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clubs
Lymm Runners.
Notable people
*
Elizabeth Pulman (1836 in Lymm – 1900), British-born New Zealand photographer, the country's first female professional photographer, emigrated 1861
*
Gerard Dewhurst
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J.P. (1872–1956), English cotton merchant, banker and amateur footballer, earning one international cap for England in 1895; grew up at
Oughtrington Hall
Oughtrington Hall was a country house located in Oughtrington Lane to the east of the village of Lymm in Cheshire, England.
The manor house was rebuilt in about 1810 for Trafford Trafford (''né'' Leigh: a descendant of the ancient Leighs of W ...
in Lymm
*
Cicely Fox Smith (1882 in Lymm – 1954), English poet and writer
*
Kenneth Carlisle
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Early life
Born in Hiraethog, Denbighshire, Wales, he is the son of Kenneth ...
(1882 in Lymm – 1967), English cricketer active from 1903 to 1905 who played for Oxford University
*
Robert Westall
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(1929–1993), author, lived on Woodland Drive in Lymm until his death
* Sir
John Stalker
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(1939–2019), former Deputy Chief Constable of
Greater Manchester Police
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, Greater Manchester Police employed 6,866 police officers, 3,524 memb ...
, lived in Lymm
*
Alex Timpson
Alexandra Winkfield Timpson MBE (''née'' Dodd; 25 April 1946 – 5 January 2016) was a British campaigner for children's rights.
She grew up in Lymm, Cheshire. Together with her husband John Timpson
John Harry Robert Timpson, (2 July 192 ...
MBE (1946 in Lymm – 2016), British campaigner for children's rights
*
Andrew Murray (born 1956), English professional golfer, lives in Lymm
*
Aiden Byrne
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Career
Byrne is best known for opening The Collingwood pub in West Kirby a number ...
(born 1972), English chef who starred in ''
Great British Menu
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Series one and two were presented by Jennie Bond, the former BBC Royal correspondent, where ...
'', owns The Church Green in Lymm
*
David Strettle
David Strettle, (born 23 July 1983), is a former English rugby union wing.
Early life
Strettle grew up in Thelwall, Cheshire, attending Lymm High School and playing for Lymm RFC. Strettle then went on to study at Sheffield Hallam University.
...
(born 1983 in Lymm),
Saracens F.C.
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rugby union player
*
Dan Logan
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played double bass for Brighton alt/blues band Sweet Sweet Lies as well ...
(born 1985), English musician, brought up in Lymm
*
Harry Worley (born 1988 in Lymm), retired English professional footballer, 140 professional appearances
*
Tom Murray (born 1990), English professional golfer, lives in Lymm
In popular culture
The 2011 television series ''
Candy Cabs
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'' was filmed in Lymm. The 2015 Sky 1 television series ''
After Hours'' was filmed in Lymm in 2014.
A scene from
Paul Abbot's No Offence TV series was filmed in Lymm in 2014.
Lymm has its ow
radio station which was created in 2020. It broadcasts 24 hours a day and is run by volunteers.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Lymm
In the English civil parish of Lymm, there are 55 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, one is classified as Grade I and one as Grade II*; the remainder are at G ...
References
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