Trevethin ( cy, Trefddyn) is a suburb of

Pontypool Pontypool ( cy, Pont-y-pŵl ) is a town and the administrative centre of the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales. It has a population of 28,970. Location It is situated on the Afon Lwyd ...

and a

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, villag ...

Torfaen Torfaen (; cy, Torfaen ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to the south- ...

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. It includes two electoral wards (Trevethin and St Cadocs and Penygarn) for Torfaen County Borough Council. It is in the historic county of Monmouthshire.

History and amenities

Trevethin was a small village that was the seat of the parish of Trevethin in ancient

Abergavenny Hundred Abergavenny was an ancient hundred of Monmouthshire. It was situated in the northern part of the county, bounded on the north by Herefordshire; on the east by the hundreds of Skenfrith, Raglan, and Usk; on the south by Wentloog hundred; and on ...

. It has become a modern suburb, as economic growth led to a construction boom surrounding the village in the 1960s and '70s. Today Trevethin almost imperceptibly merges with nearby

Penygarn Pen-y-garn may refer to: * Pen y Garn - a mountain in Ceredigion *Penygarn, Torfaen - a village in Torfaen, in the ward of St Cadocs/Penygarn, Wales *Pen-y-garn, Ceredigion - a village in Ceredigion, Wales *Pen-y-garn - a former farm near Llanpum ...

. In 2005 it was announced that the district's local school,

Trevethin Community School Trevethin Community School ( cy, Ysgol Gymunedol Trefddyn) was a non-selective state secondary school in the Pontypool suburb of Penygarn, Wales. The school—established in 1982 as Trevethin Comprehensive School—was originally housed on two s ...

, was to close. Pupils were moved to Abersychan comprehensive school and West Monmouth School. The school buildings have now been demolished. Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw is a Welsh-medium education secondary school located in Trevethin. Trevethin is situated in Pontypool and is on the southernmost point of the

Brecon Beacons National Park The Brecon Beacons National Park ( cy, Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) is one of three national parks in Wales, and is centred on the Brecon Beacons range of hills in southern Wales. It includes the Black Mountain ( cy, Y Mynydd Du) in ...

. Near to Trevethin are various famous landmarks including the Folly Tower and Shell Grotto both of which were originally built by the Hanbury family during the 18th century. Trevethin has been awarded Communities First status and has a strong partnership board.

Notable people

* Morgan Edwards *Megan Hicks *Nathan ph. *Aaron King

Football club

Trevethin have a football team, who play in Division Two of the Gwent Central League. They play their home games at top pitch in Trevethin.

External links

: Trevethin's new Nextdoor network of neighbours : Read about Nextdoor herewww.geograph.co.uk : photos of Trevethin and surrounding area

References

Suburbs of Pontypool Communities in Torfaen Electoral wards of Torfaen Villages in Torfaen {{Torfaen-geo-stub