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Lyme Park

Lyme Park is a Grade II* registered park and garden in Cheshire, at Lyme Handley, about 20 km south-east of Manchester. It was added to the Register in 1985. The registered site covers about 672 hectares, the 2nd largest of the 14 in Cheshire with a recorded size.

Lyme Park, Cheshire
Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Designation
Register grade
Grade II*
Registered
1985
NHLE list entry
1000642
Location
County
Cheshire
Region
North West
District
Cheshire East
Parish or place
Lyme Handley
Coordinates
53.3381, -2.0548
Nearest city
Manchester · 20 km south-east
From London
242 km in a straight line
The site
Kind
Country house garden estate, historic house museum
Area
672 ha · 1,661 acres

Sources: Wikidata Q3050371, National Heritage List entry 1000642; described in 11 Wikipedia editions.

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