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Lymm

Lymm is a town in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of around 11,608. It has 1 restaurant and café, 16 bus stops, and Glazebrook railway station is 3.9 km away. The average sold house price is around £449,755, and there were around 49 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Lymm area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Trafford area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 235,052 residents at roughly 2,217 people per km².

Council
Trafford
County
Greater Manchester
Constituency
Altrincham and Sale West
Police force
Greater Manchester
54/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 127th of 294 English council areas — better than 57% of them.

Low crime48
Home affordability32
Affordable rents27
Good schools49
Life expectancy60
Low deprivation75
Employment57
Low council tax84

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

8°CCloudy

  • Today: 11° / 7° · 27% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 16:34

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Glazebury, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

35 reported · August 2026▲ 25% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences14
  • Anti-social behaviour10
  • Criminal damage & arson3
  • Public order3

1 stop & searches · mostly articles for use in criminal damage

Neighbourhood team: Lymm · Cheshire

Local policing priorities

  • Residents raised concerns about the potential sale of alcohol and vapes to underage young people and wanted reassurance that local retail…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

188 reported road collisions (2025)

54 killed or seriously injured · 235 casualties · 8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

90 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 75 rated 4–5 ★ (68 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Birchwood (4.7 km)
  • 23 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Birchwood (4.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£393,897 average▲ 6.4% YoY

Across Trafford · to 2026-08

Detached£789,690
Semi-detached£445,604
Terraced£345,691
Flat£216,397

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,369 average monthly rent▲ 2.5% YoY

  • 1 bed £944
  • 2 bed £1,202
  • 3 bed £1,483

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

9.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.6 times median annual pay (10.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,839 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 151.9p · BP (11 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · BP (11 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

20 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: MFG Lymm (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres5
  • Sports pitches39
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

235,052 residents in Trafford · 2,217/km²

  • Under 16: 21%
  • 16–64: 62%
  • 65+: 18%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK16,132
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK15,309
  • Net moves+823

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 223 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

4% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,292 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 104,310)

A £1,528
B £1,782
C £2,037
D £2,292
E £2,801
F £3,310
G £3,820
H £4,583

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

102 schools · 44,496 pupils

62 primary · 19 secondary · 21 other

Ofsted: 38 of 43 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

90 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Altrincham Grammar School for BoysOutstanding
  • Altrincham Grammar School for GirlsOutstanding
  • Loreto Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Sale Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Altrincham CollegeGood
  • Flixton Girls SchoolGood
  • Saint Ambrose CollegeGood
  • Stretford High SchoolGood
  • Urmston Grammar AcademyGood
  • Broadoak SchoolRequires improvement
  • St Antony's Roman Catholic School, a Voluntary AcademyRequires improvement
  • Wellacre Technology AcademyRequires improvement
  • Ashton-on-Mersey School
  • Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College
  • Lostock High School
  • North Cestrian School
  • Sale High School
  • Stretford Grammar School
  • Wellington School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Trafford

Care & health services

262 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes56
  • GP practices50
  • Dentists71
  • Homecare agencies64
  • Hospitals & hospices3

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Trafford

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Lymm)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 44 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

322 applications decided

83.5% granted · 269 granted, 53 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Esther McVey

Conservative

Tatton

Recent votes:

  • NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
  • AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Labour majority

  • Lab 35
  • Con 12
  • LD 7
  • Grn 7
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets2
  • Parks & greens10
  • Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

13,580 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

52 jobs advertised · £37,485 avg

e.g. Nursery Nurse, Peripatetic Registered Manager, Chef de Partie

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£869 median full-time weekly pay

3.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£29,384 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 104,226 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

55% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Wind 30% · Nuclear 24% · Imports 2%

170 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for North Wales & Merseyside · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.2 women · 63.8 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in WA13

  • Brookfield Surgery
  • The Lakeside Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tatton:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Lymm Cross · 0.0 km

    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.

  • Lymm Hall · 0.2 km

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

  • Lymm · 0.3 km

    Lymm is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, North West England, now in the Borough of Warrington. It incorporates the hamlets of Booths Hill, Broomedge, Church Green, Deansgreen, Heatley, Heatley Heath, Little Hea…

  • St Mary's Church, Lymm · 0.4 km

    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 a…

  • Lymm railway station · 0.6 km

    Lymm railway station was a station to the west of Whitbarrow Road, Lymm, England on the Warrington and Stockport Railway. It opened in 1853; and it closed in 1962. The railway was absorbed by the LNWR. The station was…

  • Lymm Dam · 0.6 km

    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 l…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Lymm?
Lymm is a town in Greater Manchester, England, in the Trafford local authority.
What is the population of Lymm?
Lymm has an approximate settlement population of 11,608.
How deprived is Lymm?
The Trafford local authority, which includes Lymm, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.