Lyme, Macclesfield

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Lyme Handley
latitude= 53.339
longitude= -2.054
population = 151
civil_parish= Lyme
shire_district= Macclesfield
shire_county = Cheshire
region= North West England
constituency_westminster= Macclesfield
post_town= STOCKPORT
postcode_district = SK12
postcode_area= SK
dial_code= 01663
os_grid_reference= SJ965825

Lyme, or Lyme Handley is a small civil parish in between Disley and Stockport, in Cheshire, England. [http://www.macclesfield.gov.uk/standardpage.asp?pageid=10538 Macclesfield Borough Website.] Accessed 21 April 2007.] It forms part of the Borough of Macclesfield. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 151. [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=792641&c=Lyme+Handley&d=16&e=15&g=428818&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Official 2001 Census Figures.] Accessed: 20 August, 2007.]

It is also greenbelt area on the suburbs of Greater Manchester attracting many visitors in the summer months for walking and picnics and in winter for sledging. The most famous feature of Lyme is Lyme Park its Tudor house with gardens built in the 1720s. This was made most famous when it featured as Mr Darcy's house in the BBC dramatisation of Pride and Prejudice. The house has 17 acres of well maintained Victorian era gardens and is also open to visitors who want to go on guided tours of the three story house which also has a large collection of English clocks.

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