Llanymynech is a village and former civil parish straddling the border between Montgomeryshire/Powys, Wales, and Shropshire, England, about 9 miles (14 km) north of the Welsh town of Welshpool. The name is Welsh for "Church of the Monks". The village is on the banks of the River Vyrnwy, and the Montgomery Canal passes through it.
Llanymynech viewed from nearby Llanymynech Hill
The Montgomery Canal passing through Llanymynech
The former goods yard of Llanymynech
The England–Wales border, sometimes referred to as the Wales–England border or the Anglo-Welsh border, runs for 160 miles (260 km) from the Dee estuary, in the north, to the Severn estuary in the south, separating England and Wales.
The River Dee marking the border between Farndon, England, to the left and Holt, Wales, to the right
Bilingual "Welcome to Wales" sign
Bilingual "Welcome to England" sign
The approximate limit of coin-minting tribes in south Britain, and the limits of the campaigns of Claudius and Aulus Plautius.