Llanymynech is a village straddling the boundary between Montgomeryshire/Powys, Wales, and also Shropshire, England, concerning 9 miles (14 km) north of the Welsh town of Welshpool. The name is Welsh for "Church of the Monks". The town is on the banks of the river Vyrnwy, and the Montgomery Canal travels through it. The boundary runs for one of the most component along the frontages of the structures on the eastern (English) side of the town's main street, with the eastern fifty percent of the town in England as well as the western half in Wales. The Church of England parish church of St Agatha exists simply in England, although the entire village lies in the exact same ecclesiastical parish. The boundary additionally passed throughout the now shut Lion bar, which had two bars in Shropshire as well as one in Montgomeryshire. At one time Welsh areas were referred to as "damp" or "completely dry" depending on whether individuals could drink in clubs on Sundays. When Montgomeryshire was dry it was lawful to consume on Sundays in both English bars of the Lion but not the Welsh bar. 2 of the remaining open pubs in the village are totally in England as well as the 3rd is totally in Wales. Just to the north of the village is Pant. More north is the English market town of Oswestry. The English part of the village is in the civil parish of Llanymynech and Pant, as well as in the selecting ward of Llanymynech in Shropshire. This ward had a population at the 2011 census of 3,988.