Pant is a village in
Shropshire
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, England. It lies near the border with
Wales
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. Pant means 'hollow' in
Welsh: it is located directly below the disused mines at Llanymynech Rocks Nature Reserve. The population at the
2011 census is listed under the Civil Parish of
Llanymynech and Pant. The built-up area of Pant and
Llanymynech
Llanymynech is a village and former civil parish straddling the Wales-England border, border between Powys, Wales, and Shropshire, England, about north of the Welsh town of Welshpool. The name is Welsh language, Welsh for "Llan (placename), L ...
is roughly 2,000.
Pant has a few notable features:
Llanymynech Golf Club is unique as the only 18 hole course in the UK to straddle the border between two countries; Llanymynech Ogof, a copper mine where many Roman artefacts have been found; Bryn Offa Church of England Primary School, a school built after the closure of four schools in the surrounding area; and a large
gin wheel in the village. This quiet village was once much more lively, with several shops and a post office.
History
The Llanymynech Rocks Reserve has known human activity since Roman times when it is known to have had a copper mine. More recently there has been a limestone quarry. At their prime, Pant and Llanymynech had a
tramway from the mines down to various kilns in the villages. Pant's state-of-the-art kilns by the
Montgomery Canal
The Montgomery Canal (), known colloquially as "The Monty", is a partially restored canal in eastern Powys and northwest Shropshire. The canal runs from the Llangollen Canal at Frankton Junction to Newtown, Powys, Newtown via Llanymynech and ...
were used for only a short period after which they were superseded by the more efficient
hoffman kiln at Llanymynech.
Transport
Pant was once on the railway line from
Whitchurch to
Welshpool
Welshpool ( ) is a market town and Community (Wales), community in Powys, Wales, historically in the Historic counties of Wales, county of Montgomeryshire. The town is from the Wales–England border and low-lying on the River Severn. The c ...
and also on the Montgomery Canal; they are both now disused.
Cambrian Heritage Railways have restored of the railway line between Pant and
Llynclys as a
heritage railway
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) ...
. Trains operate as far as
Penygarreg Lane Halt at present. The trust often holds steam events on the restored stretch. There are plans to reopen the whole line from
Gobowen
Gobowen is a village in Shropshire, England, about 3 miles north of Oswestry. The population according to the 2011 census was 3,270.
History
The village was previously called ''Bryn-y-Castell'' ("Hill of the Castle" in English) after the House ...
and
Oswestry to Welshpool. Work is also underway to make the Montgomery Canal navigable through the village again.
Pant residents are inconvenienced by the busy
A483 road, which runs through the centre of the village. A possible bypass around Pant and Llanymynech had long been discussed, but there were no firm plans for this until its authorisation was announced in the
2020 budget.
See also
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Listed buildings in Llanymynech and Pant
References
External links
Shropshire Star article
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Villages in Shropshire