Lymm Dam - Izeria

Lymm Dam is the name of a dam and lake in Lymm, Cheshire, England, an inset village in the greenbelt around Warrington. It was created in 1824 by a dam built during the construction of what is now the A56 road, when local inhabitants objected to initial plans for a route through the village centre. It may have been used to supply power to local industry, and the surrounding area. Warrington Borough Council began managing the Lymm Dam and its park in the early 1980s. At that time there were considerable erosion problems and the Ranger Service began to upgrade the existing path network and take over the park maintenance. It is now a popular visitor attraction, which has won several Green Flag Awards for its improvements to the infrastructure and ecology of the dam. The lake is fed from the south by three streams, the Bradley Brook, Mag Brook and Kaylane Brook, and its outlet runs under the A56 and down a valley known as the Dingle to the Lower Dam in Lymm village centre. The dam at the foot of the lake is Grade II listed, as is Crosfield Bridge at the head of the lake.

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St 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. It is an active church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth.

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Lymm Hall

Lymm Hall is a moated English country house in the village of Lymm near Warrington, Cheshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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Lymm 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 (Higher Lane). Opened in 1850, it superseded a chapel of 1759 in the nearby village of Millington, which was one of Cheshire's earliest Baptist causes and one of the few founded by the heterodox minister John Johnson, leader of the Johnsonian Baptist group which was active locally. The building was substantially extended and modernised in the 1990s and remains in active use as a place of worship.

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Lymm Cross

Lymm Cross is in the village of Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The cross dates from the early to mid-17th century and was restored in 1897. It is constructed of sandstone and stands on an artificially stepped natural outcrop of red sandstone. Its shaft stands in a square pavilion of red sandstone with square corner pillars. It has a stone roof with a pedimented gable to each face and ball finials. Above the cross is an extension which carries a stone ball and an ornate weather vane. On the east, south and west gables are bronze sundials of 1897 carrying the inscriptions "We are a Shadow", "Save Time" and "Think of the Last". The adjacent stocks are separately Grade II listed.

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