Llanymynech Heritage Area

#3419 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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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. It is about 6 miles south of Oswestry on the English side of the border, and about 9 miles north of the Powys town of Welshpool. ()

Coordinates: 52°46'59"N, 3°5'13"W

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Llanymynech Heritage Area – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Oswestry Guildhall, St Michael's, St Silin's Church, Montgomery Canal.

5.5 miN
City hall
Oswestry Guildhall, Oswestry
142 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.
2.1 miNW
Church
St Michael's
53 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.
5.7 miNW
Church
St Silin's Church
145 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.
4.5 miNE
Canal
Montgomery Canal
115 min walk • The Montgomery Canal, known colloquially as "The Monty", is a partially restored canal in eastern Powys and northwest Shropshire.
4.9 miW
Church
St Garmon's
125 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.
4.2 miE
Forts and castles
Knockin Castle
108 min walk • Knockin Castle is situated in the village of Knockin on Shropshire between Oswestry and Shrewsbury. This was a motte and bailey castle founded by Guy le Strange between 1154 and 1160 and it remained the principal holding of the le Strange family for most of the Middle Ages.
7.3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gyrn Moelfre
186 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.
4.9 miNW
Town, Forts and castles
Sycharth
124 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.
5.6 miN
Historic walking areas, Historical place, Forts and castles
Oswestry Castle, Oswestry
142 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.
2 miNE
Museum
Cambrian Heritage Railways
51 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.
5.3 miW
Church
St Cedwyn's Church
135 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.