Llanymynech

Llanymynech
Llanymynech viewed from nearby Llanymynech Hill
Llanymynech is located in Shropshire
Llanymynech
Llanymynech
Location within Shropshire
Population1,675 (2011 census)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ266209
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLlanymynech
Postcode districtSY22 6
Dialling code01691
PoliceWest Mercia
FireShropshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Shropshire
52°46′52″N 3°05′20″W / 52.781°N 3.089°W / 52.781; -3.089
Llanymynech
Llanymynech is located in Powys
Llanymynech
Llanymynech
Location within Powys
OS grid referenceSJ266209
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceDyfed-Powys
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
UK Parliament
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Powys
52°46′52″N 3°05′20″W / 52.781°N 3.089°W / 52.781; -3.089

Llanymynech is a village and former civil parish straddling the border between Montgomeryshire/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.

The border runs for the most part along the frontages of the buildings on the east (English) side of the village's main street, with the eastern half of the village in England and the western half in Wales. The Church of England parish church of St Agatha lies just in England, although the entire village lies in the same ecclesiastical parish. The border also passed right through the now closed Lion pub, which had two bars in Shropshire and one in Montgomeryshire. At one time Welsh counties were referred to as "wet" or "dry" depending on whether people could drink in pubs on Sundays. When Montgomeryshire was dry it was legal to drink on Sundays in the two English bars of the Lion but not the Welsh bar. Two of the remaining open pubs in the village are entirely in England and the third is entirely in Wales.

Just to the north of the village is Pant. Further north is the English market town of Oswestry. The community of Llanymynech and Pant had a population of 1,675 as of the 2011 census.[2]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Custom report – Nomis – Official Labour Market Statistics".