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Lymm
Village in Cheshire, England

Lymm

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

Plan a trip to Lymm→From Leeds, West Yorkshire

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.

Get in

Getting to Lymm

Manchester Airport (MAN IATA) is about 12-miles away; Liverpool Airport (LPL IATA) is about 25-miles away. The M6 motorway runs north to south less than a mile from the village, the Lymm exit is junction 20; the M56 runs east west a similar distance to the south, the Lymm exit is junction 9. The A56 Altrincham to Warrington road runs to the south of the village and passed the dam.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Lymm Dam

    Lymm Dam is an area of great beauty and tranquillity.

  2. 02
    Lymm Cross
  3. 03
    Thelwall Viaduct

    Large viaduct that carries the M6 over the Manchester Ship Canal (hence its height) the River Mersey plus various roads.

  4. 04
    Manchester Ship Canal
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Bridgewater Canal Walk
  2. 02
    High Legh Garden Centre & Miniature Railway

    Halliwell's Brow, High Legh, Knutsford (On A50),.

  3. 03
    Lymm Golf Club

    Whitbarrow Rd, office@lymmgolfclub.co.uk.

  4. 04
    High Legh Park Golf Course
Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    The Church Inn

    Celebrity chef Aiden Byrne's restaurant near Lymm Dam.

  2. 02
    Lymm Fish & Chips

    Bridgewater Street.

  3. 03
    La Boheme
  4. 04
    The Green Dragon

    2 Mill Lane, WA13 9SB,.

How locals move

Getting around Lymm the local way

  • Get aroundThere is an off-road walk through The Dingle between the town centre and Lymm Dam.

From Wikivoyage: Lymm, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-03.

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