Lymm Dickensian Christmas Festival

05/08/2024

We definitely don’t want to wish the summer away but the committee are starting preparations for our Dickensian festival on Saturday 14th December.
Bookings are now being taken for stalls. Email [email protected] to request a place. We look forward to seeing you all there!

23/01/2024

So lovely to see Adcott Opticians proudly displaying their “Best Dressed Window” sticker 😁

15/01/2024

The Lymm Dickensian Committee would like to thank the Lymm High School students who participated in this year’s photography competition.

It is with great pleasure that we can announce the following:

Winners:
KS3 - Maggie Clair (Y8)
KS4/5 - Novi Ma (Y12)

Each winner receives a smartphone camera lens kit.

Highly Commended entries:
Abigail Liput (Y7)
Martha Roberts (Y7)

Commended entries:
Ned Martin (Y8)
Anthony Nicolaou (Y8)
Ben Shaw (Y8)

31/12/2023

We would like to wish everyone a Happy 2024!
We are already looking forward to next year’s event.
We reflect on 2023 with pride in our wonderful event, but mixed with sadness as we remember our wonderful committee members who sadly passed away this year. R.I.P. Peter Powell and Joe Griffiths.

21/12/2023

We hope you are able to join in with the Carols on Christmas Eve!
The event is desperately short of marshals though, so if you're going to be there, would you be willing to wear a hi-viz jacket and be part of the team? Please dm us if you can help 🤞🤞

We are so excited. Look forward to seeing you on Christmas Eve for a good song song with Lymm Parish Council

6pm it's the warm up hour with Primary School song recordings and Lymm Big Sing songs.
Then at 7pm Carols and Christmas songs and we will be joined by the Town Crier, special guests and local singer Helen Elliott.

Download your Carol sheets now using the QR code on the poster.

Esmith and son plant centre are kind sponsors of the event.

18/12/2023

14/12/2023

The Dickensian committee would like to say a big thank you to all the Lymm traders for making our recent Dickensian Day even more festive with their wonderful window displays - how fantastic do they look!

10/12/2023

…and that’s a wrap!
The committee have been out taking the signs down this morning.
We would once again like to thank everyone who joined us yesterday.
A huge thank you once again to our sponsors, Kids Planet and Lymm Parish Council, and also to Elmas and The Wine Kitchen for the prizes they donated for Best Dressed!
If anyone has any photos they are happy to share and for us to use on our socials please do post on here.

See you all next year - Saturday 14th December 2024 👍👍

10/12/2023

This is what we loved to see yesterday - Rebecca was visiting family and decided to get into the Dickensian spirit - fantastic!!

09/12/2023

These two bags were left attached to the railings at the lower Dam today. If they are yours please contact us and we will get them returned to you.

09/12/2023

What a day! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did! Thank you all for coming out to join us.
A special thank you to our sponsors Lymm Parish Council and Kids Planet, and thank you to all the parade participants, stall holders and event marshals.

Finally a huge congratulations to our competition winners:
Best dressed window: Adcott’s Opticians
Best dressed man: Rigger Ramone
Best dressed lady: Mary Clarke
Best dressed school: Cherry Tree
Special commendation to Thelwall Infants for the three hardy youngsters who turned up just for us (we’ll be delivering a little prize to you soon)

09/12/2023

Getting ready to run!

09/12/2023

Getting ready for the parade 👍

09/12/2023

Looking good guys…entertainment in the village and the sun is coming out!!! 🌤️

09/12/2023

The village is filling up nicely!

Lots of stalls in the Village Hall too - don’t forget to visit them it’s nice and warm in there 😁😁😁

09/12/2023

7:30am - Getting ready to go 😁

08/12/2023

Bit of a mixed bag for the weather tomorrow, but not too cold thankfully and look at the little bit of sun shining over the parade time 😀

08/12/2023

It's nearly time. One more day to go before the BIG event.

We hope you enjoy the day and the parade.

Thank you to our supporter, sponsor, entertainment groups and all the volunteers for their commitment and support and to all the participants taking part in the parade.

07/12/2023

We're getting excited to watch our parade participants*
(Parade starts at 1:30pm)

o Santa Dash
o Town Crier
o LPC Chair
o Traction Engine
o Foden Steam Wagon - Sprout
o Fire Engine - Ned
o Vintage Cars (Alvis)
o Father Christmas Float
o Donkey Carriage (with May and Rose Queens)
o Warrington Brass
o Cherry Tree School + St Mary's
o Oughtrington School
o Ravenbank School
o Statham School
o Kids Planet
o Thelwall Infants
o Bollin Morris
o Earl of Stamford Morris
o Lymm Morris
o Davyhulme Scout Band
o Samba Mundo North West
o Horses & Riders

* Current list of confirmed participants, which may be subject to last minute changes (but we hope not!)

05/12/2023

It’s just been highlighted to us that there’s a small error in our programme.
Our apologies but St Mary’s children’s choir will not be performing in the Village Centre at 3pm.
We’re sorry for any disappointment this may bring!

05/12/2023

Not long to go now! Have you got your outfit sorted?

We have some great prizes this year including meal vouchers from the Wine Kitchen and Elmas!! We will be handing these out on the day to the best dressed lady and best dressed man, so get looking Dickensian!

04/12/2023

With less than a week to go, we're all getting very excited. Fingers crossed that the weather fairies treat us well 🤞
The Dickensian Committee would like to put a big thank you out to our sponsors Lymm Parish Council and Kids Planet. We really appreciate your support in allowing us to put this event on in our beautiful village.

02/12/2023

** ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION ON LYMM DICKENSIAN DAY **

Please find below information about the different road closures around Lymm on Saturday, 9th December.

07:00 – 18:00
Eagle Brow to Lymm Cross and Whitbarrow Rd
/Bridgewater St, Henry St, The Di**le & The Grove.

12:30 – 14:30
Brookfield Rd (from Whitbarrow Rd to Eagle Brow, Maltmans Rd Brookfield Cl, Davies Way exit to Brookfield Rd.

13:00 –14:30
Rectory Ln exit to The Cross, Lymm Bridge,
New Rd, Dane Bank Rd, The Fleece Car Park Exit, The Square

The times above are approximate. Closures may be in place slightly earlier and/or later than anticipated.

The participants in the procession will line up along Brookfield Road and the parade will commence from this location at 1:30pm.

We apologise in advance for any inconvenience caused, in particular to residents, and we appreciate your patience and understanding.

We hope that you will join us in celebrating the festival this year and thank you for your support and co-operation in advance.

26/11/2023

It's beginning to look a lot like DICKENSIAN.

Thank you to our dedicated committee members and their little helpers for putting up our Dickensian banners.

Don't forget to put the date in your diaries. Saturday, 9th December 11am-5pm.