Llansilin
Llansilin is a village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, 5 miles west of Oswestry. The community, which includes Llansilin village, a large rural area and the hamlets of Moelfre and Rhiwlas as well as the remote parish of Llangadwaladr, had a population of 648 at the 2001 census, increasing to 698 at the 2011 Census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Silin’s Church and Gyrn Moelfre.
St Silin’s Church
Church
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Silin's Church is a Church in Wales parish church in Llansilin, Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. The present building, which has parts dating back to the 13th century, is a Grade I listed building.
Gyrn Moelfre
Peak
Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Gyrn Moelfre is situated 1½ miles northwest of Llansilin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llangedwyn and Trefonen.
Llangedwyn
Village
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Llangedwyn is a village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. The population of the community at the 2011 census was 402. The community includes the hamlets of Bwlch-y-ddar, Pentrefelin and Pen-y-bont Llanerch Emrys. Llangedwyn is situated 3 miles southwest of Llansilin.
Trefonen
Village
Photo: John Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trefonen is a small village located approximately three miles south-west of Oswestry, and three miles east of the England-Wales border, in Shropshire, England. Trefonen is situated 3½ miles east of Llansilin.
Tregeiriog
Village
Photo: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tregeiriog is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It is in the community of Ceiriog Ucha on the B4500 road between Glyn Ceiriog and Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog. Tregeiriog is situated 4 miles northwest of Llansilin.
Llansilin
- Type: Village with 682 residents
- Description: village and community in Powys, Wales
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Llansilin, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.8464° or 52° 50′ 47″ northLongitude
-3.1768° or 3° 10′ 37″ westPopulation
682Elevation
587 feet (179 metres)Open location code
9C4RRRWF+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 29760588OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2643946Wikidata ID
Q6661768
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Llansilin” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Llansilin”
- Breton: “Llansilin”
- Bulgarian: “Лансилин”
- Catalan: “Llansilin”
- Cebuano: “Llansilin”
- Cornish: “Llansilin”
- Dutch: “Llansilin”
- French: “Llansilin”
- German: “Llansilin”
- Irish: “Llansilin”
- Japanese: “ランシリン”
- Scots: “Llansilin”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Llansilin”
- Swedish: “Llansilin”
- Welsh: “Llansilin”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Llansilin Post Office and Ysgol Bro Cynllaith.
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