Coordinates: 51°35′16″N 3°19′20″W / 51.5878°N 3.3221°W
| Treforest | |
| Welsh: Trefforest | |
  Treforest
Treforest shown within Wales |
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| Population | 5,072 (2001)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Principal area | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Ceremonial county | Mid Glamorgan |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PONTYPRIDD |
| Postcode district | CF37 |
| Dialling code | 01443 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Pontypridd |
| Welsh Assembly | Pontypridd, South Wales Central Electoral Region |
| List of places: UK • Wales • | |
Treforest (Welsh: Trefforest) is a village to the south-east of Pontypridd in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales situated in the Treforest electoral ward along with the village of Glyntaff (or Glyn-Taf), being part of the Pontypridd Community. With Treforest running along the west banks of the River Taff (Welsh: Afon Taf) while Glyntaff runs along its east banks.
Treforest extends from immediately south east of Ynysangharad Park where the A4058 link from the A470 joins the A473 Broadway (south of the adjoining wards of Graig and Trallwn), all the way to join the Tonteg ward in the south (part of the community of Llantwit Fardre).
The village is historically connected with the Crawshay family who established a major tinplate works in 1835. Treforest is now known for its association with the University of Glamorgan, originally established as The School of Mines at Treforest in 1913.[2]
The confusingly named Trefforest Industrial Estate is not part of Treforest or its electoral ward, most of which is not even within Pontypridd. Instead this falls partly within the area of Upper Boat (Pontypridd), but mostly within the Willowford area of Ton-Teg (Llantwit Fardre) and Nantgarw (Taffs Well ward)
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Transport
Treforest has one railway station, Trefforest. (Trefforest Estate is in The Willowford area between Tonteg and Nantgarw). The station is located on the Merthyr and Rhondda lines between Pontypridd and Trefforest Estate railway stations.
Education
Treforest is home to two primary schools, Parc Lewis and St. Michael's, though a third school, Trefforest Primary, closed in 2006 despite the petitions from parents, governors and local councillor as a result of a process commenced by the 1999-2004 administration on the Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. The University of Glamorgan's Trefforest campus is located in the village.
Culture
The population of Treforest consists substantially of students living away from home, who often leave the village during the summer months and return in the new academic year. Notable bars and pubs in the area include The Otley Arms, 'The Forest' (or as its formally known, the cot), Flagstones tapas bar, and The Pick & Shovel. Treforest is home to association football team Treforest Town F.C., this mid sized semi-professional cub has a purpose build stadium and club facilities.
Notable people from Trefforest
Tom Jones
Treforest is the birthplace of singer and 1960s and 1970s sex symbol, Tom Jones, who was born on the 7 June 1940 at 57, Kingsland Terrace, Treforest. Tom has a telephone box in his Los Angeles home from Pontypridd, which he imported as a souvenir of Wales.
Morfydd Llwyn-Owen
Morfydd Llwyn-Owen (1891-1918) was a Welsh composer born in Treforest and educated at the Royal Academy of Music, London.[3] She wrote hymns, choral music and orchestral works often inspired by Welsh literacy and folk songs. In 1917 she married psychoanalyst Ernest Jones, but she died the following year at the age of 26.
Meic Stephens
Meic Stephens the literary journalist, translator, poet and author who was professor of creative writing and journalism at the University of Glamorgan was born in Treforest.
Tourist attraction
A notable tourist attraction, The World of Groggs is on the Broadway in Treforest.
Places of worship
A number of places of worship exist in Treforest. The University of Glamorgan offers a chaplaincy service, which occasionally provides services in conjunction with Castle Square United Reformed Church. Other Christian churches in the village include St Dyfrig's Roman Catholic church off Broadway and Calvary Baptist Church off Wood Road.
References
- ^ Office of National Statistics
- ^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg896 ISBN 9780708319536
- ^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg639 ISBN 9780708319536
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