St Garmon's

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St Garmon's Church, Llanfechain, is in the village of Llanfechain, Powys, Wales. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Llanfyllin, the archdeaconry of Montgomery, and the diocese of St Asaph, and is designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building. The church is traditionally associated with a 9th-century Celtic saint, St Garmon. St Garmon was most likely St Germanus, the first Bishop of Man. It shares it name with the church in the village of St Harmon in Radnorshire, where the diarist Francis Kilvert was a curate. ()

Completed: 1883 (141 years ago)Coordinates: 52°46'31"N, 3°12'13"W

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St Garmon's – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Michael's, St Silin's Church, Sycharth, Llanymynech Heritage Area.

3.5 miNE
Church
St Michael's
89 min walk • 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, Rev. John Parker.
5 miN
Church
St Silin's Church
127 min walk • St Silin's Church is a parish church in Llansilin, Powys, Wales. The present building, which has parts dating back to the 13th century, is a Grade I listed building. It stands on a site that has been used by Christian communities since the Dark Ages.
3.5 miN
Town, Forts and castles
Sycharth
90 min walk • Sycharth is a motte and bailey castle and town in Llansilin, Powys, Wales. Until 1996 Sycharth was in the historic county of Denbighshire, but was then transferred to the Shire area of Montgomeryshire within Powys.
4.9 miE
Museum, Archaeological museum
Llanymynech Heritage Area
125 min walk • Llanymynech Heritage Area is an historic former lime kiln, quarry and industrial site near the village of Llanymynech, Shropshire in the Welsh Marches. The site is adjacent to the A483 road and close to the Montgomery Canal.
3.9 miW
Ruins
Tomen yr Allt
99 min walk • Tomen yr Allt was a Medieval motte and bailey defensive castle near Llanfyllin in Powys, Wales. "Tomen ar hallt" is modern Welsh for "mound on the wooded...
2.9 miNW
Memorial
Llwyn Bryn-Dinas
74 min walk • Llwyn Bryn-Dinas is an Iron Age hillfort on the north side of the Tanat valley, about 1 mile west of the village of Llangedwyn, in Powys, Wales.
2.3 miN
Church
St Cedwyn's Church
59 min walk • St Cedwyn's Church at Llangedwyn was formerly in the historic county of Denbighshire but since 1996 has been within the Montgomeryshire Shire Area of Powys, Wales. St Cedwyn's was a chapel of ease of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant. Llangedwyn is 7 miles south-west of Oswestry and to the south of the Berwyn Mountains.
3.9 miSE
Church
Holy Trinity Church
99 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is a church in the valley of Penrhos, Powys, Wales. The present church was built in 1845 to a design by Sydney Smirke, as a replacement for a previous church which was built in 1627.
2.1 miE
Sport, Sport venue, Arenas and stadiums
Recreation Ground, Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain
54 min walk • The Recreation Ground, usually referred to as Treflan, is a football stadium in Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain, Powys, Wales and is the home of Mid Wales League Division One club Llansantffraid Village.