- published: 19 Apr 2012
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Coordinates: 51°42′48″N 3°02′22″W / 51.713333°N 3.039444°W / 51.713333; -3.039444
Trevethin (Welsh: Trefddyn) is a suburb of Pontypool in Torfaen, Wales, a community in Torfaen, and includes two electoral wards (Trevethin and St Cadocs and Penygarn) for Torfaen County Borough Council.
Trevethin was a small village that was the seat of the parish of Trevethin in ancient Abergavenny Hundred. 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. In 2005 it was announced that the district's local school, Trevethin Community School, 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. 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.
Walk way though the town towards the beach
On the weekend of the 18th and 19th September 2010, the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway in South East Wales held a Great Western Railway 175 Event. Visiting was 3717 City Of Truro from the National Railway Museum and 1450 and Auto Coach 178 from the Dean Forest Railway
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