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Llanymynech

Llanymynech is a village and former civil parish straddling the border between Powys, Wales, and Shropshire, England, about 9 miles (14 km) north of the Welsh town of Welshpool.

The place

Llanymynech is a village and former civil parish straddling the border between Powys, Wales, and Shropshire, England, about 9 miles (14 km) north of the Welsh town of Welshpool. The name is Welsh for "Llan of the Monks". The village is on the banks of the River Vyrnwy, and the Montgomery Canal passes through it.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Llanymynech

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Carreghofa Castle

    Carreghofa Castle was a Norman timber and masonry castle located in the Welsh village of Carreghofa, Powys. Between its construction in 1101 and destruction in 1236, it was the site of many battles between rival Welsh and English forces.

    1.7 km · castle formerly in Carreghofa, Powys, Wales · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    St Michael the Archangel, Llanyblodwel

    St Michael the Archangel is a Grade I listed church in Llanyblodwel, in Shropshire, England. It has a spire of unusual shape and was designed in 1847–1856 by the vicar, John Parker.

    3.3 km · Grade I listed church in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Cambrian Heritage Railways

    The Cambrian Heritage Railways is a heritage railway company, trust and society based at both Llynclys and Oswestry in its restored Oswestry railway station, Shropshire, England. It operates trains on two stretches of line: between Oswestry–Weston Wharf, and between Llynclys South–Penygarreg Lane Halt.

    3.4 km · heritage railway in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Llanymynech

Airports
Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 64 km · Manchester (MAN), 83 km · Birmingham (BHX), 98 km
Stations
Penygarreg Lane Halt railway station, 2.3 km · Four Crosses railway station, 2.5 km · Llynclys railway station, 3.6 km · Llynclys South railway station, 3.4 km
  • Liverpool → Llanymynech
    70 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · £8–10
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Llanymynech
    96 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · £11–15
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Llanymynech
    87 km · quickest by road, 1h 53m · £9–13
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Llanymynech

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Llanymynech. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    209 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    263 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    338 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    374 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    397 km

If you know how people move in Llanymynech – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Llanymynech

  • Carreghofacommunity in Powys, Wales900 m
  • Llandysiliovillage and community in Powys, Wales, United Kingdom1.7 km
  • Llanyblodwelvillage and civil parish in Shropshire, United Kingdom3.1 km
  • Pantvillage in Shropshire, England1.2 km
  • Nantmawrvillage in Shropshire, United Kingdom3.9 km
  • Llynclysvillage in Shropshire, United Kingdom3.4 km