Lymm

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Lymm
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Bridgewater Street, Lymm
Lymm is located in Cheshire
Lymm
Lymm
 Lymm shown within Cheshire
Population 12,350 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference SJ685875
Civil parish Lymm
Unitary authority Warrington
Ceremonial county Cheshire
Region North West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LYMM
Postcode district WA13
Dialling code 01925
Police Cheshire
Fire Cheshire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Warrington South
List of places
UK
England
Cheshire

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Lymm /ˈlɪm/ LIM is a large village and civil parish in Warrington, Cheshire, England. Lymm was an urban district of Cheshire from 1894 to 1974. The civil parish of Lymm incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Heatley, Oughtrington, Reddish, Rushgreen and Statham. According to the 2011 Census it had a population of 12,350.[1]

History

The name, of Celtic origins, means a "place of running water" and is likely derived from an ancient stream that ran through the village centre.[2]

Governance

The village is part of the Lymm ward of the Borough of Warrington. There are three councillors: one represents the Liberal Democrats and two represent the Conservative Party.

There is also a twelve-member Lymm Parish Council. Following the 2012 elections, there are six Conservatives, three Liberal Democrats, two independents and one Labour councillor.

Lymm is twinned with Meung-sur-Loire.[3]

Demography

Population

Note: Statistics expressed as percentages may not add up to 100%

Census data is based on that of Lymm Ward[4]

  • Total Population: 11,040 residents[5]
  • 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".

Education

  • 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.

Lymm High School is located in the community.

The Manchester 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.[6]

Landmarks

Lymm village centre is a designated conservation area, notable for its historic buildings, both listed and unlisted. These include the French-style terracotta former town hall (currently unlisted); St Peter's Church, Oughtrington Hall and Lodge, formerly owned by a cadet branch of the Leigh family and now Lymm High School; Lymm Hall, a former Domville family residence;[7] Foxley Hall, home to a cadet branch of the ancient Booth family, before ownership passed to the Carlisle family[8] is no longer standing, but fustian cutting cottages on Church Road and Arley Grove do survive. The Parish Church of St Peter, Oughtrington is an example of Gothic Revival architecture.[9] St Mary's Church, Lymm,[10] nearby Lymm Dam was in a state of disrepair by the mid-1800s so the Leigh family commissioned the noted Newcastle architect John Dobson to rebuild it. The 1521 tower was retained and raised, but the need for additional stonework rendered the tower being rebuilt in 1887.

Lymm Cross, usually known simply as "the Cross", is a Grade I listed structure.[11] A 24-hour webcam overlooks the landmark.[12] Additional web cams are strategically located around.[13]

Transport

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The Bridgewater Canal at Lymm

The M56 (junctions 7 & 9) and M6 (Junction 20) motorways are both within 3 miles of Lymm.[14] The conjunction of these motorways with the A50[15] is known as the Lymm Interchange, and hosts a service station known as the Poplar 2000 services, a well used truck stop. The A56 also passes just south of the village, connecting the nearby towns of Warrington and Altrincham.[16] Buses to Lymm from Warrington and Altrincham are frequent during the weekday and on Saturdays[17][18]

Waterways

The Bridgewater Canal passes through the centre of Lymm. The Manchester Ship Canal passes to the north, and beyond its route lies the River Mersey.To the east of Lymm the River Bollin flows along the village's border with Warburton and the borough of Trafford.

Railways

Lymm railway station was on Whitbarrow Road. It opened on 1 November 1853. 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. Today the old track forms a good stretch of the Trans Pennine Path 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. Lymm today has no railway station; the closest stations are at Birchwood, Warrington, Knutsford and Altrincham.

Sport

Association football is played at Lymm FC (three teams) Lymm Rovers FC and Lymm Piranhas JFC whilst Lymm Rugby Union Club[19] fields four teams on a regular basis. There is angling 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.[20]

Lymm has a number of other sports facilities, including Lymm Golf Club[21] and nearby High Legh Park Golf Club; Lymm Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club;[22] Lymm Oughtrington Park Cricket Club,[23] whose home ground is in the former grounds of Oughtrington Hall, a former ancestral home of a cadet branch of the Leigh family; and Lymm Leisure Centre[24] which is next door to the cricket club at Lymm High School. Burford Lane Farm is one of many horse riding venues in north Cheshire. Crown green bowling takes place in Stage Lane, the Oughtrington club having been established over a hundred years.

Notable current and former residents

In popular culture

2011 television series Candy Cabs was filmed in Lymm.[25]

2015 Sky 1 television series After Hours was filmed in Lymm in 2014.[26]

See also

References

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External links

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