Pickmere

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{{Infobox UK place

|coordinates = {{coord|53.288|-2.462|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Pickmere

|population= 541

|population_ref= (2001)

|civil_parish= Pickmere

|unitary_england= Cheshire East

|lieutenancy_england= Cheshire

|region= North West England

|country= England

|constituency_westminster= Tatton

|post_town= KNUTSFORD

|postcode_district= WA16

|postcode_area= WA

|dial_code= 01565

|os_grid_reference= SJ691770

|static_image= Radio Telescope - geograph.org.uk - 994179.jpg

|static_image_caption= MERLIN radio telescope, Pickmere

}}

Pickmere is a village and civil parish near Knutsford in the Borough of Cheshire East. It has a population of 541 (2001 Census).[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790336 Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Macclesfield] Retrieved 2009-12-01 Landmarks in and around the village include a lake, Pick Mere, at {{gbmapping|SJ682770}}.

Pickmere is home to one of the radio telescopes that make up the Jodrell Bank MERLIN (Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network) radio telescope array linking six observing stations that together form a powerful telescope with an effective aperture of over 217 kilometres.