Lymm

The name Lymm, of Celtic origins, means a "place of running water" and is likely derived from an ancient stream that ran through the village centre.{{cite web|url=http://www.maison.demon.co.uk/Lymm/lymm.htm|title=Lymm|access-date=10 November 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219013156/http://www.maison.demon.co.uk/Lymm/lymm.htm|archive-date=19 December 2007}}{{Cite web |date=2024-06-23 |title=Why this Warrington village has a holiday feel and keeps people coming back |url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/24399716.locals-love-living-working-lymm-cheshire/#comments-anchor |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Warrington Guardian |language=en}} The village appears as "Limme" in the Domesday Book of 1086.{{cite web |url=https://www.lymmhic.co.uk/ourheritage |website=Lymm Heritage Centre |access-date=31 May 2022|title=Our Heritage }}

Lymm was an agricultural village until the Industrial Revolution, which brought the Bridgewater Canal 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).{{cite web |last=Chambers |first=Matthew |title=Lymm Industries |url=https://lymm.com/about/history-of-lymm/lymm-industries |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=Lymm.com }}

In 2017, Lymm was voted as one of the Best Places to Live by The Times and The Sunday Times list.{{cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/15163733.lymm-named-among-best-places-to-live-in-britain/|title=Lymm named among best places to live in Britain|website=Warrington Guardian}}{{cite web |url=https://aboutmanchester.co.uk/ancoats-and-chorlton-among-sunday-times-best-places-to-live/ |website=About Manchester |access-date=31 May 2022|title=Ancoats and Chorlton among Sunday Times best places to live |date=18 March 2017 }}{{cite web |last=Herman |first=Daisy |last2=Otter |first2=Saffron |date=4 December 2021 |title=Stunning Cheshire commuting village to Manchester is 'perfect place to live' |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/stunning-cheshire-commuting-village-manchester-22327140 |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=Manchester Evening News }}{{cite news |last=Times |first=The Sunday |title=Lymm, Cheshire |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/manchester/lymm-best-places-to-live-2017-7wf5m6zh8 | url-access = subscription |access-date=11 March 2023 |issn=0140-0460}} In 2023, the village was voted as one of Britain's Most Desirable Towns by The Daily Telegraph,{{cite web |date=21 June 2023 |title=Village in Warrington is named as one of the most desirable places to live in Britain |url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/23603901.lymm-named-one-desirable-places-live-britain/ |access-date=21 June 2023 |website=Warrington Guardian }}{{cite web |last=Porter |first=Gary |date=20 June 2023 |title=The 'aspirational' places in Cheshire among 'Britain's 50 most desirable towns' |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/aspirational-places-cheshire-among-britains-27160970 |access-date=21 June 2023 |website=CheshireLive }}{{cite news |last=Youens |first=Arabella |date=18 June 2023 |title=These are Britain’s 50 most desirable towns... does yours make the cut? |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/britains-50-most-desirable-places-to-live/ | url-access = subscription |access-date=21 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235}} and third Most Desirable place to live in Northern England by the Telegraph.{{cite news |last=Bowen |first=Flora |date=29 November 2023 |title=The most desirable towns in the North – does yours make the cut? |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/buying-selling/best-towns-north-england-move-live-house-prices/ | url-access = subscription |access-date=30 November 2023 |issn=0307-1235}}

There are two tiers of local government covering Lymm, at civil parish and unitary authority level: Lymm Parish Council and Warrington Borough Council. The parish council is based at the Village Hall on Pepper Street.{{cite web |title=Contact us |url=https://www.lymmparishcouncil.gov.uk/contact-us |website=Lymm Parish Council |access-date=21 February 2025}} For national elections, Lymm forms part of the Tatton constituency.{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Suvey |access-date=21 February 2025}}

Lymm was an ancient parish in the Bucklow Hundred of Cheshire.{{cite web |title=Lymm Ancient Parish / Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10045381 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=21 February 2025}}

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The parish was made a local government district in 1863, administered by an elected local board.{{London Gazette|issue=22715|page=1417|date=10 March 1863}} Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894.{{cite book |title=Kelly's Directory of Cheshire |date=1914 |page=431 |url=https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/235628/rec/3 |access-date=21 February 2025}}{{cite web |title=Lymm Urban District |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10173814 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=21 February 2025}} Lymm Urban District Council subsequently built itself offices at the corner of Whitbarrow Road and Brookfield Road, which were completed in 1902.{{cite news |title=New Council Offices at Lymm |url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-viewer?issue=BL%2F0000206%2F19020414&page=6 |access-date=21 February 2025 |work=Manchester Courier |date=14 April 1902 |page=6}}{{cite web |title=Lymm Timeline |url=https://www.lymmhic.co.uk/the-lymm-timeline |website=Lymm Heritage Centre |access-date=21 February 2025}}

Lymm Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. The area became part of the Borough of Warrington.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972|year=1972|number=2039|accessdate=3 March 2023}} A successor parish called Lymm was created in 1974 covering the area of the former urban district.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1973|year=1973|number=1110}} 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.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Cheshire (Boroughs of Halton and Warrington) (Structural Change) Order 1996|year=1996|number=1863|article=6|access-date=23 July 2024}}

Lymm High School accepts students from Lymm and the surrounding villages and hamlets. It was judged as 'Good' in its 2024 Ofsted inspection with the sixth form provision being judged as ‘Outstanding’. In December 2023 and 2024 The Sunday Times 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 area.{{cite web |date=1 December 2023 |title=Warrington high school named as one of the best in the north west |url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/23958911.lymm-high-school-named-one-north-wests-best/ |access-date=1 December 2023 |website=Warrington Guardian }}{{cite web |date=1 December 2023 |title=Best UK secondary schools 2024 {{!}} The Times league table |url=https://www.thetimes.com/best-schools-league-table | url-access = subscription |access-date=1 December 2023 |website=The Times }}{{Cite web |last=Skentelbery |first=Gary |date=2025-01-17 |title=Lymm High School recognised as one of top 10 schools in the region |url=https://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2025/01/17/lymm-high-school-recognised-as-one-of-top-10-schools-in-the-region/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Warrington Worldwide |language=en-GB}}

Lymm is also in the catchment for Altrincham Grammar School for Boys and Altrincham Grammar School for Girls.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}}

There are four primary schools within Lymm. The following three primary schools formed as an Academy by the Beam Education Trust in May 2021:{{cite web |title=Home page |url=http://thebeamtrust.co.uk/ |access-date=7 February 2023 |publisher=The Beam Trust}}

• Oughtrington Primary School{{cite web |url=https://www.oughtringtoncps.co.uk/ |title=Home page |publisher=Oughtrington Primary School |access-date=7 February 2023}} (Ofsted rating 'Outstanding', 2020{{cite web |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/111135|title=Oughtrington Community Primary School |publisher=Ofsted |date=7 June 2022 |access-date=7 February 2023}})
• Ravenbank Community Primary School{{cite web |url=https://ravenbankschool.co.uk/warrington/primary/ravenbank |title=Home page |publisher=Ravenbank Community Primary School |access-date=7 February 2023}} (Ofsted rating 'Good', 2023{{cite web |last=Ofsted Communications Team |date=5 May 2021 |title=Find an inspection report and registered childcare |url=http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report |access-date=15 July 2023 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk}})
• Statham Primary School{{cite web |url=https://statham-warrington.secure-dbprimary.com/warrington/primary/statham |title=Home page |publisher=Statham Primary School |access-date=7 February 2023}} (Ofsted rating 'Good', 2023{{cite web |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/111005|title=Statham Community Primary School |publisher=Ofsted |date=7 June 2022 |access-date=7 February 2023}})

The fourth primary school is Cherry Tree Primary School,{{cite web |url=https://www.cherrytreeschool.co.uk/ |title=Home page |publisher=Cherry Tree Primary School |access-date=7 February 2023}} located in the southern part of Lymm, and was rated as 'Good' at its last Ofsted inspection in 2024.{{cite web |last=Ofsted |first=Ofsted |date=14 July 2022 |title=Cherry Tree Primary School |url=https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/111150 |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=reports.ofsted.gov.uk}}

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."[http://www.manchesterjs.org.uk/english/english.html Contact Us]." Manchester Japanese School. Retrieved on 15 February 2015. "Oughtrington Lane, Lymm, Cheshire, WA13 0RB, United Kingdom (Language Centre at Lymm High School)"

Lymm Heritage Centre,{{cite web |title=Home page |url=https://www.lymmhic.co.uk/ |access-date=25 February 2023 |publisher=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.{{Cite web |author=Staff reporter |date=2024-08-28 |title=Another reason to visit Lymm |url=https://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2024/08/28/another-reason-to-visit-lymm/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Warrington Worldwide |language=en-GB}}

Morris dancing was taking place in Lymm as early as 1817, often appearing in the village at Rushbearing time throughout the Victorian era.{{Cite web |last=Skentelbery |first=Gary |date=2024-08-12 |title=Villagers keep alive ancient tradition of Lymm Rushbearing |url=https://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2024/08/12/villagers-keep-alive-ancient-tradition-of-lymm-rushbearing-2/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Warrington Worldwide |language=en-GB}} Morris dancing{{cite web |title=The Lymm Morris |url=http://www.lymm-morris.org.uk/ |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=www.lymm-morris.org.uk}} continues to feature within the village with Lymm Morris dancers frequently performing during Rushbearing{{cite web |title=Lymm Rushbearing |url=https://calendarcustoms.com/articles/lymm-rushbearing/ |access-date=11 March 2023 }} and at the various annual village festivals including the Lymm May Queen Festival,{{cite web |title=Lymm May Queen Festival, Cheshire, North West, UK |url=http://lymmmayqueen.co.uk/ |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=Lymm May Queen 2023 }} Lymm Festival{{cite web |url=https://www.lymmfestival.org.uk/ |title=Home page |publisher=Lymm Festival |access-date=1 December 2023}} and Lymm Dickensian Festival.{{cite web |date=1 December 2021 |title=Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival – Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival |url=https://lymmdickensian.org/ |access-date=11 March 2023 |website=lymmdickensian.org }}

Lymm is twinned with Meung-sur-Loire,{{cite web |url=http://meung-sur-loire.com/flash/index.html |title=Ville de Meung-sur-Loire |website=meung-sur-loire.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129014816/http://meung-sur-loire.com/flash/index.html |archive-date=29 January 2011 |url-status=dead}} an ancient village and commune near Orléans, France.

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Lymm village centre is a designated conservation area, notable for its historic buildings, both listed and unlisted including the French-style terracotta former town hall, St Peter's Church and Lymm Hall. Another is Oughtrington Hall and Lodge (formerly owned by a cadet branch of the Leigh family) this is now Lymm High School.{{cite web|url=http://www.dumville.org/of_lymm.html|title=The Domvilles of Lymm, Cheshire|website=www.dumville.org}} Foxley Hall, home to a cadet branch of the ancient Booth family before ownership passed to the Carlisle family,{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11013.html|title=Kenneth Carlisle statistics |publisher=ESPN |access-date=25 March 2008}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.oughtrington.co.uk/stpeterschurch/|title=Home|website=oughtrington.co.uk|access-date=21 April 2018}} St Mary's Church, Lymm,{{cite web|url=http://www.stmaryslymm.chestercursillo.org|title=St Mary's Lymm|access-date=28 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080808113806/http://www.stmaryslymm.chestercursillo.org/|archive-date=8 August 2008}} 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.{{cite book|last1=Hartwell|first1=Clare|last2=Hyde|first2=Matthew|last3=Pevsner|first3=Nikolaus|author-link3=Nikolaus Pevsner|title=Cheshire|series=The Buildings of England|publisher=Yale University Press|location=London|year=2011|isbn=978-0-300170-43-6|page=447}}

Lymm Cross, usually known simply as "the Cross", is a Grade I listed structure dating from the 17th century, restored in 1897.{{National Heritage List for England| num=1227014 |desc=Lymm Cross |grade=I |access-date=6 August 2017}}{{NHLE |num=1227014 |desc= Lymm Cross |fewer-links=yes |access-date=10 April 2008}}

A “dinosaur” (reptile) footprint was discovered in the Victorian era, in one of Lymm's many quarries, which is thought to be from the Triassic period. It is on display in the centre of the village.

Spud Wood is a recreational area, located next to the Bridgewater Canal, managed by the Woodland Trust.{{cite web |last=Trust |first=Woodland |title=Spud Wood – Visiting Woods |url=https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/spud-wood/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=Woodland Trust }} In 2014 the community was granted a licence to run a wood allotment scheme where local residents can coppice and fell wood.{{cite web |date=31 March 2014 |title=Spud Wood |url=https://www.commonground.org.uk/spud-wood/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=Common Ground }}{{cite web |title=FoSW |url=https://www.spudwood.org.uk/ |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=www.spudwood.org.uk }} There is also a community orchard located in grounds behind Oughtrington Community Centre – run by the same local group.{{cite web |title=FoSW – Orchard |url=https://www.spudwood.org.uk/orchard |access-date=12 March 2023 |website=www.spudwood.org.uk }}

File:Lymm2.jpg at Lymm]]The M56 (junctions 7, 8 and 9) and M6 (junction 19 and 20) motorways are both within {{convert|3|mi}} of Lymm.{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=M6%20J20A&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl|title=M6 Junction 20A|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=12 June 2009}} The conjunction of these motorways with the A50{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=lymm%20interchange&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl|title=Poplar 2000|publisher=Google Maps|access-date=5 December 2010}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.lymm.net/popup_map4.html|title=Lymm village|publisher=Lymm.net|access-date=12 June 2009}} The CAT5/5A buses to Lymm from Warrington and Altrincham are frequent on weekdays and Saturdays.{{cite web|url=http://www.warringtonboroughtransport.co.uk/timetables.htm |title=Warrington Borough Transport|access-date=5 January 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gmpte.com/upload/routemaps/5_37_37A_38_26946.pdf|title=GMPTE Timetable for routes 5, 37, 37A, 38|access-date=5 January 2009}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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.{{cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.lymmtransport.org.uk/ |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=lymmtransport }}

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. A number of small brooks feed the popular tourist attraction of Lymm Dam,{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Liv |date=2024-08-12 |title=‘I visited a lake only a 20 minute drive from Manchester that felt a world away’ |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/i-visited-stunning-lake-only-29703993.amp |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Liv |date=2024-08-18 |title=I visited Cheshire's serene lakeside village that feels like the perfect escape |url=https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/visited-cheshires-serene-lakeside-village-29753880.amp |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Cheshire Live |language=en}} built in 1824 to enable the construction of the Stockport–Warrington Road (now known as the A56).{{cite web |url=https://www.visitnorthwest.com/sights/lymm-dam/ |title=Lymm Dam |website=Visit North West |access-date=18 March 2023}}

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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, Warrington, Knutsford and Altrincham.

Today the old Railway through Lymm forms a good stretch of the Trans Pennine Trail, 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.

Note: statistics expressed as percentages may not add up to 100%. Census data is based on that of Lymm Ward from the 2011 censuses.{{cite web|url=http://www.warrington.gov.uk/images/Lymm%20Ward_tcm15-9939.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608013820/http://www.warrington.gov.uk/images/Lymm%20Ward_tcm15-9939.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 June 2011|title=Lymm Ward|work=Warrington Borough Council}}

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

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

• 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.

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 with a wooden spooner hut. In 2015 this was demolished to make way for a new £300,000 facility which was opened in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://3a02v12ku8i343hjuf4c8urp.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/LymmLifeMay16.pdf|title=Lymm Life, page 7|publisher=lymmlife.Co. uk|access-date=15 November 2016}}

In April 2018 the Squadron lead the Royal Air Force Air Cadets action to commemorate the Royal Air Force centenary by travelling to the first RAF airfield at Saint-Omer in France and parading on behalf of the RAF and Ministry of Defence.{{cite web|url=https://www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/2018/04/05/air-cadets-expedition-to-mark-founding-of-raf/|title=Air cadets’ expedition to mark founding of RAF |newspaper=Warrington Guardian |page=7|date=5 April 2018|via=warrington-worldwide.co.uk |access-date=7 February 2023}}

Association football is played in Lymm, there are adult and junior teams playing at [https://www.lymmrovers.co.uk/ Lymm Rovers F.C.] and another junior team – [https://lymmpiranhasjfc.com/ Lymm Piranhas J.F.C.]. Lymm Rugby Union Club{{cite web|url=http://www.lymmrfc.co.uk|title=Home page |publisher=Lymm Rugby Football Club |access-date=25 March 2008}} fields four teams on a regular basis.

There is angling at Lymm Dam and at several other fisheries including Heatley Mere and Meadow View. Angling is represented by the [https://www.lymmanglingclub.com/ Lymm Angling Club].{{cite web|url=http://www.lymmanglersclub.com|title=Home page |publisher=Lymm Angling Club |access-date=12 November 2008}}

Lymm has a number of sports facilities, including:

• Lymm Golf Club{{cite web|url=https://www.lymmgolfclub.co.uk/ |title=Homa page |publisher=Lymm Golf Club |access-date=15 August 2023}}
• Lymm Lawn Tennis Club{{cite web|url=http://www.lymmtennisclub.co.uk|title=Home page |publisher=Lymm Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club |access-date=15 August 2023}}
• Lymm Croquet Club
• Lymm Oughtrington Park Cricket Club{{cite web|url=http://lymmopcc.hitscricket.com/home/default.aspx|title=Home page |publisher=Lymm Oughtrington Park Cricket Club |access-date=15 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505222125/http://lymmopcc.hitscricket.com/home/default.aspx|archive-date=5 May 2008|url-status=dead}} – whose home ground is in the former grounds of Oughtrington Hall, a former ancestral home of a cadet branch of the Leigh family
• Lymm Leisure Centre,{{cite web |url=https://lymmleisure.co.uk/ |title=Home page |publisher=Lymm Leisure Centre |access-date=15 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lymm.net/llc/index.htm|title=Lymm Leisure Centre|work=Lymm High School|access-date=25 March 2008}} 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{{cite web |url=https://www.oughtringtonbowling.club/ |title=Home page |publisher=

Oughtrington Crown Green Bowling Club |access-date=15 August 2023}} having been established for more than a century

Lymm has a number of cycling (Lymm Velo Club{{cite web |url=https://www.strava.com/clubs/lymm-velo-club-77843?hl=en-GB |title=Lymm Velo Club |publisher=Strava |access-date=15 August 2023}}), triathlon (Cheshire CAT{{cite web |url=http://cheshirecat.club/ |title=Welcome to the Cheshire Cyclist, Athlete and Triathlete Club (Cheshire CAT) |publisher=Cheshire CAT |access-date=15 August 2023}}) and running clubs (Lymm Runners{{cite web |url=https://lymmrunners.org.uk/ |title=Home page |publisher=Lymm Runners |access-date=15 August 2023}}).

• Elizabeth Pulman (1836 in Lymm – 1900), British-born New Zealand photographer, the country's first female professional photographer, emigrated 1861
• Ralph Slazenger Moss (1845 in Lymm – 1910) , together with his brother founded British sports equipment brand Slazenger{{Cite web |date=2025-02-15 |title=The huge name in UK sport you probably never knew came from Warrington |url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/24929040.ralph-slazenger-born-lymm-building-empire/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Warrington Guardian |language=en}}
• Gerard Dewhurst (1872–1956), English cotton merchant, banker and amateur footballer, earning one international cap for England in 1895; grew up at Oughtrington Hall in Lymm
• Cicely Fox Smith (1882 in Lymm – 1954), English poet and writer
• Kenneth Carlisle (1882 in Lymm – 1967), English cricketer active from 1903 to 1905 who played for Oxford University
• Robert Westall (1929–1993), author, lived at 1 Woodland Avenue in Lymm until his death. He bought 107 Higher Lane in the village, close to Woodland Avenue, using royalties from his children's books and used it as his writing office.{{Cite web |last=Craddock |first=Jeremy |date=2010-11-15 |title=bookengine: The craft of Robert Westall: Visiting Lindy McKinnel |url=https://bookengine.blogspot.com/2010/11/craft-of-robert-westall-visiting-lindy.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=bookengine}}{{Cite web |date=2017-08-02 |title=My love for Robert Westall |url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/15448394.my-love-for-robert-westall/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Warrington Guardian |language=en}}
• Sir John Stalker (1939–2019), former Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, lived in Lymm
• Alex Timpson (1946 in Lymm – 2016), British campaigner for children's rights
• Matthew Corbett (born 1948), Sooty puppeteer, lived for many years in the white house on the canal bank
• Andrew Murray (born 1956), English professional golfer, lives in Lymm
• Ian Brown (born 1963), former lead singer for The Stone Roses, lives in Lymm
• Aiden Byrne (born 1972), English chef who starred in Great British Menu, owns The Church Green in Lymm
• David Strettle (born 1983 in Lymm), Saracens F.C. rugby union player
• Dan Logan (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
• Alex Mitchell (born 1997), English professional rugby player, played in Lymm
• Miya Ocego (born 1999/2000), actress and model, grew up in Lymm

The 2011 television series Candy Cabs{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/video-candy-cabs-stars-love-853292|title=Video: Candy Cabs stars love Lymm|first=Dianne|last=Bourne|date=4 February 2011|newspaper=Manchester Evening News |access-date=21 April 2018}} and the 2015 Sky 1 television series After Hours{{cite web|url=http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/13883196.Lymm_based_Sky_comedy_After_Hours_hits_screens_on_November_2/?ref=mr&lp=9|title=Lymm-based Sky comedy After Hours hits screens on November 2|website=Warrington Guardian|access-date=11 April 2016}} were filmed in Lymm. A scene from Paul Abbott's television series No Offence was filmed in Lymm in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/11684369.shameless-creator-films-scene-in-lymm-for-his-new-drama-no-offence/|title=Shameless creator films scene in Lymm for his new drama No Offence|website=Warrington Guardian}} Central Lymm is featured in episode 7 of the 2016 Netflix production of Paranoid.

Lymm has its own radio station, Cheshire's Mix 56, created in 2020. It broadcasts 24 hours a day and is run by volunteers.{{cite web |url=https://mix56.co.uk/lymm/ |title=Lymm |publisher=Lymm Community Radio CIC |access-date=15 August 2023}}

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