Trelewis

Trelewis is a small village in the Taff Bargoed Valley of south-east Wales, currently located in the southern part of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. It is a former mining village and together with nearby Bedlinog was until 1974 part of the Gelligaer Urban District Council area of the county of Glamorgan.

Location

It is around 0.5 km north of Nelson, 5 km south of Bedlinog, and around 1 km east of the Treharris, from which it is divided by the Taff Bargoed river. It lies 8 km north of the town of Pontypridd, 10 km west of Caerphilly, and 17 km south of Merthyr Tydfil.

Government

Trelewis is in the Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, which covers the villages of Trelewis and Bedlinog, but is governed by a separate local authority, Bedlinog Community Council, which consists of nine elected members, and whose powers and responsibilities cover the two villages within its area. The Bedlinog & Trelewis Ward is the only electoral area within the Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council area with its own Council. The Council was created in 1974 by the former Gelligaer Urban District Council prior to its abolition and the subsequent transfer of Trelewis and Bedlinog into the Merthyr administrative area upon local government reorganisation in that year, to which most people in Bedlinog and Trelewis were opposed.

History and amenities

There is a freight-only railway line (the Taff Bargoed branch of the former Great Western Railway running through the village, and this line carries coal from Ffos-y-fran. Bedlinog is to the north of Trelewis on this line, whilst Nelson is to the south.

Trelewis Welfare FC play in the village, and as of 2007-08 season, they compete in the South Wales Amateur League (Second Division). Trelewis also has a park and an outdoor bowls club, Trelewis Welfare Outdoor Bowls which was founded in 1932.

Location grid

		Bedlinog
	Treharris		Gelligaer
		Trelewis
		Nelson, Caerphilly

External links

• Old Merthyr Tydfil: Trelewis - Historical Photographs of Trelewis.
• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Trelewis and surrounding area

Coordinates: 51°40′03″N 3°17′48″W / 51.6676°N 3.2967°W / 51.6676; -3.2967

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