St Silin's Church

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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. The church is dedicated to Saint Silin, now better known as Saint Sulien, the 6th-century founder-abbot of a monastery at Luxulyan in Cornwall. ()

Coordinates: 52°50'43"N, 3°10'30"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Oswestry Guildhall, St Michael's, Ceiriog Valley, Old Oswestry.

5.1 miE
City hall
Oswestry Guildhall, Oswestry
131 min walk • Oswestry Guildhall is a municipal building in Bailey Head in Oswestry, Shropshire, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Oswestry Municipal Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
3.8 miSE
Church
St Michael's
97 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.
4.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Ceiriog Valley, Chirk
125 min walk • The Ceiriog Valley is the valley of the River Ceiriog in north-east Wales. It is also the name of a electoral ward of Wrexham County Borough.
5.6 miE
Forts and castles
Old Oswestry
143 min walk • Old Oswestry is a large early Iron Age hill fort in the Welsh Marches near Oswestry in north west Shropshire, England. The earthworks, which remain one of the best preserved hill forts in the UK, have been described as "The Stonehenge of the Iron Age Period".
5 miS
Church
St Garmon's
127 min walk • 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.
6.5 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Maelor Way
167 min walk • Maelor Way is a key long distance footpath, running 38 kilometres / 24 miles from the Offa's Dyke Path National Trail at Bronygarth to the Shropshire Way, Sandstone Trail, Llangollen Canal, South Cheshire Way, and the Marches Way all at Grindley Brook near Whitchurch.
1.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gyrn Moelfre
45 min walk • Gyrn Moelfre is a mountain in Powys, mid Wales, near the border with Shropshire. It stands to the south-east of the Berwyns, from which it is separated by Afon Ysgwennant. The village of Llansilin lies on its south-west slopes. It was historically in Denbighshire, but the area was transferred to Powys in 1996.
1.5 miS
Town, Forts and castles
Sycharth
38 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.
5.1 miE
Historic walking areas, Historical place, Forts and castles
Oswestry Castle, Oswestry
131 min walk • Oswestry Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, England. The castle has also been known as, or recorded in historical documents as: Album Monasterium; Blancminster; Blankmouster; Blancmustier; Croes Oswald; L'Oeuvre; L'uvre; Castle Loure; Luure; Luvre; Lvvre: Castle Philip; Oswaldestre; Meresberie.
5.7 miSE
Museum, Archaeological museum
Llanymynech Heritage Area
145 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.
5.3 miSE
Museum
Cambrian Heritage Railways
136 min walk • The Cambrian Heritage Railways is a heritage railway company, trust and society based at both Llynclys and Oswestry in its newly restored Oswestry railway station, Shropshire, England.