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Trefnant

Trefnant
Trefnant in 2007.jpg
The junction of the A525 and the B5428 roads
Trefnant is located in Denbighshire
Trefnant
Trefnant
Trefnant shown within Denbighshire
Population 1,581 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference SJ046709
Community
  • Trefnant
Principal area
Ceremonial county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town DENBIGH
Postcode district LL16
Dialling code 01745
Police North Wales
Fire North Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly
List of places
UK
Wales
Denbighshire
53°13′37″N 3°25′44″W / 53.227°N 3.429°W / 53.227; -3.429Coordinates: 53°13′37″N 3°25′44″W / 53.227°N 3.429°W / 53.227; -3.429

Trefnant is a village and community in Denbighshire, Wales. It is located on the A525 road in the Vale of Clwyd (Dyffryn Clwyd), about halfway between St Asaph (Llanelwy) to the north and Denbigh to the south. At the 2001 Census, the community had a population of 1,409, increasing to 1,581 at the 2011 Census.

Nearby is Llannerch Hall.Welsh language author and polemicist Emrys ap Iwan was a minister at Trefnant at the end of the 19th century.

Trefnant railway station served the village. It closed in the 1960s.

Trefnant used to have a football team called Trefnant Village FC. They dropped out of the Clwyd League due to a cash crisis. They have a Summer league team which won the first summer title in 1927 and they last won a trophy in 2004, the shield, beating Henllan in the final.

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches beyond the boundaries of the Community and the total population taken at the 2011 Census was 1,970.



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