Trevethin

Trevethin
Monmouthshire
St Cadoc's Church
Location
Grid reference:	SO282022
Location:	51°42’48"N, 3°2’22"W
Data
Population:	5,147  (2011)
Post town:	Pontypool
Postcode:	NP4
Dialling code:	01495
Local Government
Council:	Torfaen
Parliamentary constituency:	Torfaen

Trevethin is a parish and suburb of Pontypool in Monmouthshire. It is a modern suburb in an ancient parish, built around a small village in the 1960s and '70s and is all but merged with nearby Penygarn.

Trevethin is situated 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.

Notable people

• Morgan Edwards, 1722-1795, Baptist pastor and religious historian.

Outside links

• Pontypool Past & Present - Pontypool's only community website!
• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Trevethin and surrounding area
• Trevethin on Genuki

References

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