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Llanfyllin is a small town

Town

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in Powys

Powys

Powys is a local-government county and preserved county in Wales.-Geography:Powys covers the historic counties of Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, most of Brecknockshire , and a small part of Denbighshire — an area of 5,179 km², making it the largest county in Wales by land area.It is...

, Mid Wales

Mid Wales

Mid Wales is the name given to the central region of Wales. The Mid Wales Regional Committee of the National Assembly for Wales covered the counties of Ceredigion and Powys and the area of Gwynedd that had previously been the district of Meirionydd. A similar definition is used by the BBC...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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Location, history and amenities

Llanfyllin's population

Population

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at the date of the 2001 Census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

was 1,407. The town lies on the River Cain by the Berwyn Mountains in Montgomeryshire

Montgomeryshire

Montgomeryshire, also known as Maldwyn is one of thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. Montgomeryshire is still used as a vice-county for wildlife recording...

. It is known for its holy well

Holy well

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, dedicated to Saint Myllin. The A490 road

A490 road

The A490 is a road in the United Kingdom running from Churchstoke, Powys to Llanfyllin, also in Powys. The road runs for a short distance through Shropshire in England.- The route :...

terminates just after passing through the town. Granted its charter

Charter

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in the medieval era, Llanfyllin became a market town

Market town

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The town has a number of small specialist shops, a primary school and a high school. Over half the population has knowledge of the Welsh language

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

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Llanfyllin High School

Llanfyllin High School

Ysgol Uwchradd Llanfyllin High School is a billingual secondary school situated in the Mid-Wales town of Llanfyllin. It currently has around 1000 pupils.- History :...

, with approximately 1000 pupils, is a bilingual secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

based in the town. It consistently performs well at GCSE level (5 GCSEs, grades A-C). In 2000, it had a pass rate of 74% and was the 12th best secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

in Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

based on these results. In 2010, 93.4% of GCSE students achieved 5 A* to C and at A-level 77% of passes were A*-C. According to the latest inspection report from Estyn

Estyn

Estyn is the education and training inspectorate for Wales. Its name comes from the Welsh language verb meaning "to extend". Its mission is to achieve excellence for all in learning in Wales by providing an independent, high quality inspection and advice service to the Welsh Assembly Government and...

the school's pass rate is now 71% which puts it in 15th place or well in the top 10% of secondary schools in Wales

Wales

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Llanfyllin is also increasingly well known for the old Union Workhouse

Workhouse

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, known as Y Dolydd locally. Built in 1838 this old Victorian building had stood empty since the mid-1980s until a local voluntary group, the Llanfyllin Workhouse project, got involved and are slowly renovating it to a make local centre for Arts, Creativity and Environment. It is also home to the renowned Llanfyllin Workhouse Festival.

The Church in Wales

Church in Wales

The Church in Wales is the Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses.As with the primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Archbishop of Wales serves concurrently as one of the six diocesan bishops. The current archbishop is Barry Morgan, the Bishop of Llandaff.In contrast to the...

parish church of St. Myllin was founded in the seventh century by the Irish Bishop Molling (Mylling). The present building dates back to 1706.

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