Llangynog
Llangynog is a village and community at the confluence of the Afon Eirth and the Afon Tanat at the foot of the Berwyn range in north Powys, Wales. It lies at the foot of the Milltir Cerrig mountain pass on the B4391 road, which runs between Llan Ffestiniog and Llanfyllin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Cynog and St Melangell’s Church.
St Melangell’s Church
Church
Photo: RHYS WILLIAMS, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Melangell's Church is a Grade I listed medieval building of the Church in Wales located in the former village of Pennant Melangell, in the Tanat Valley, Powys, Wales. St Melangell’s Church is situated 1½ miles west of Llangynog.
Post Gwyn
Peak
Photo: Bill Rowley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Post Gwyn is a subsidiary summit of Cadair Berwyn in north east Wales. It is the western outpost of the main central Berwyn range. The range also includes the Hirnantau to the west, which are crowned by Cyrniau Nod. Post Gwyn is situated 2 miles north of Llangynog.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pen-y-Bont-Fawr and Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant.
Pen-y-Bont-Fawr
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pen-y-Bont-Fawr is a small village and community in the Tanat valley in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. In the 2011 UK Census it had a population of 440 with 58% born in England and 39% in Wales. Pen-y-Bont-Fawr is situated 2½ miles southeast of Llangynog.
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
Village
Photo: Jurek and Trish Sienkiewicz, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant is a village and community in Powys, Wales; about 9 miles west of Oswestry and 12 miles south of Llangollen, on the B4580 road. Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant is situated 4½ miles east of Llangynog.
Abertridwr
Village
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Abertridwr is a small village in the historic county of Montgomeryshire in the north of Powys and close to Lake Vyrnwy in the community of Llanwddyn. It lies at the confluence of Nant Tridwr with the Vyrnwy river about 1 mile from the latter's exit from the lake. Abertridwr is situated 4½ miles south of Llangynog.
Llangynog
- Type: Village with 297 residents
- Description: village and community in Powys (formerly in Montgomeryshire), Wales
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Llangynog, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.82464° or 52° 49′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.40858° or 3° 24′ 31″ westPopulation
297Elevation
1,690 feet (515 metres)Open location code
9C4RRHFR+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 29750694OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2643997Wikidata ID
Q13129653
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Llangynog” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Llangynog”
- Breton: “Llangynog”
- Catalan: “LLangynog”
- Cebuano: “Llangynog”
- Chinese: “Llangynog”
- Cornish: “LLangynog”
- French: “Llangynog”
- Irish: “Llangynog”
- Italian: “Llangynog”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Llangynog”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Llangynog, Powys”
- Scottish Gaelic: “LLangynog”
- Swedish: “Llangynog, Powys”
- Swedish: “Llangynog”
- Welsh: “Llangynog (Powys)”
- Welsh: “Llangynog, Powys”
- Welsh: “Llangynog”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Llangynog”. Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.