Lymm
Lymm is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, North West England, now in the Borough of Warrington.

Lymm is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, North West England, now in the Borough of Warrington. It incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rush Green and Statham. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, the parish comprised a population of 12,660, with the built-up area having a population of 11,545.
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Worth seeing in and around Lymm
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bridgewater Canal
The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester.
4 km · canal in North West England · Wikipedia - 02St John's Church, High Legh
St John's Church is an active Anglican parish church in the village of High Legh, Cheshire, England. It is in the deanery of Knutsford, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the diocese of Chester.
3.7 km · grade II listed timber-framed church in High Legh, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03All Saints Church, Thelwall
All Saints Church is in the village of Thelwall, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
3.5 km · grade II listed church in Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Mary's Chapel, High Legh
St Mary's Chapel is a former Anglican parish church in the village of High Legh, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
3.9 km · Grade II* listed church in High Legh, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St 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.
700 m · grade II listed church in Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Peter's Church, Oughtrington
St Peter's Church is the parish church of Lymm in Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
1 km · grade II listed church in Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07St Werburgh's Church, Warburton
St Werburgh's Church is the name of two separate churches in the village of Warburton, Greater Manchester, England. The older church is located to the west of the village, and may date back as early as the middle of the 13th century.
2.6 km · church in Warburton, Trafford, UK · Wikipedia - 08Warburton High Level Bridge
Warburton is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it lies on the south bank of the River Mersey.
2.9 km · bridge in Warburton, Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Lymm Baptist Church
Lymm Baptist Church is a Baptist church situated in the village of Lymm near Warrington, Cheshire, England. It stands on the A56 road.
800 m · church building in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 10Chaigeley School
Thelwall is a suburban village in the civil parish of Grappenhall and Thelwall, in the Warrington district, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is close to the Lymm junction of the M6 motorway.
3 km · Grade II listed school building in Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Lymm Dam
Lymm Dam is an area of great beauty and tranquillity.
- 02Lymm Cross
- 03Thelwall Viaduct
Large viaduct that carries the M6 over the Manchester Ship Canal (hence its height) the River Mersey plus various roads.
- 04Manchester Ship Canal
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Things to do
- 01Bridgewater Canal Walk
- 02High Legh Garden Centre & Miniature Railway
Halliwell's Brow, High Legh, Knutsford (On A50),.
- 03Lymm Golf Club
Whitbarrow Rd, office@lymmgolfclub.co.uk.
- 04High Legh Park Golf Course
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Where to eat
- 01The Church Inn
Celebrity chef Aiden Byrne's restaurant near Lymm Dam.
- 02Lymm Fish & Chips
Bridgewater Street.
- 03La Boheme
- 04The Green Dragon
2 Mill Lane, WA13 9SB,.
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Getting to Lymm
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 14 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 25 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 76 km
- Stations
- Lymm railway station, 600 m · Heatley & Warburton railway station, 2 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Lymm77 km · quickest by road, 1h 43m · £8–11
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Lymm100 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £13–17
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Lymm107 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £11–15
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Lymm
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lymm. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere is an off-road walk through The Dingle between the town centre and Lymm Dam.
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Next door to Lymm
Lymm is 19 km from Manchester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Thelwallvillage in Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom3.7 km
- Warburtonvillage in Greater Manchester, England, UK2.5 km
- Hollins Greenvillage in Warrington, Cheshire, England3.5 km
- Broomedgevillage in Cheshire, United Kingdom3.1 km
- Martinscroftvillage in Cheshire, United Kingdom2.9 km