Llansilin
Sign in to saveLlansilin () is a village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, 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. There is also an electoral ward including the nearby village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant with a population of 2,295.
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Place details
- Locality
- Llansilin
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Llansilin
- UK place.type
- Village and community
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Oswestry Road through Llansilin - geograph.org.uk - 975528.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Oswestry Road through Llansilin
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Powys
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Official name
- Llansilin
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Q156150
- Population
- +648
- Area
- +4743.38
- Image
- The Oswestry Road through Llansilin - geograph.org.uk - 975528.jpg
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Llansilin () is a village and community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, 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. There is also an electoral ward including the nearby village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant with a population of 2,295.
==Landscape== left|thumb| Gyrn Moelfre, Llansilin The village was a primary location for the making of the film The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain, which starred Hugh Grant. The hilltop scenes were filmed on the Gyrn, the long hill that overlooks the village. It was also featured in "Monk's Hood", an episode of The Cadfael Chronicles.