Tregarth

Tregarth
Tregarth
	St Mary's Church, Tregarth
	Tregarth Location within Gwynedd
Population	1,307
OS grid reference	SH603678
Community	Llandygai;
Principal area	Gwynedd;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BANGOR
Postcode district	LL57
Dialling code	01258
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
Arfon
	List of places UK Wales Gwynedd 53°11′20″N 4°05′28″W / 53.189°N 4.091°W

Tregarth is a village near Thomas Telford's A5 London to Holyhead road between the town of Bethesda and the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, north Wales. It is in Llandygai Community. It had a population of over 1,300 as of the 2011 census. .^[1]

History

The village grew around the local

Penrhyn Quarry and occupier of Penrhyn Castle, to accommodate the workers that refused to strike during the Penrhyn Lockout of 1900–1903.^[2]

The street, Tanrhiw Road, was known locally as 'Stryd y Gynffon' (Traitor's Row or Tail Terrace) and was one of the first main settlements in the village based alongside the farmsteads of Ty'n Clawdd, Tanrhiw Isaf and Tahrhiw Uchaf.

Tregarth has a population of around 1,300 people of which around 80% would consider the Welsh language as their first language.

The village is the birthplace of Ifor Williams, Ifor Bowen Griffith, T. Gwynn Jones^[3] and actor John Ogwen. Tregarth is also home to sculptor Ann Catrin Evans.^[4]

Amenities

Tregarth has its own

public house

, Pant yr Ardd, was closed and put up for sale in June 2014. It was bought by an unknown source and is re-opened in December 2014.

Owing to Bethesda's industrial heritage, Tregarth has two

River Cegin towards Bangor and Port Penrhyn. An hourly bus service into the town is provided by Arriva Buses Wales

.

The Moelyci Environmental Centre (Canolfan Amgylcheddol Moelyci) can also be found on the outskirts of Tregarth; it is a community-based centre which specialises in the practice and teaching of sustainability.^[6] The centre runs many open days and activities and welcomes visitors.

References

^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
^ The Great Strike 1900-03
^ Obituary -T Gwynn Jonesl
^ Prichard, Alun (20 December 2002). "Ann's career is forging ahead; The North Wales designer who is proving a hit in Europe's top crafts show". Daily Post.
^ "cobr.co.uk". cobr.co.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
^ Moelyci Environmental Centre (Canolfan Amgylcheddol Moelyci)

External links

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Tregarth and surrounding area

[1] "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".

[2] The Great Strike 1900-03

[3] Obituary -T Gwynn Jonesl

[4] Prichard, Alun (20 December 2002). "Ann's career is forging ahead; The North Wales designer who is proving a hit in Europe's top crafts show". Daily Post.

[5] "cobr.co.uk". cobr.co.uk. Retrieved 23 May 2013.

[6] Moelyci Environmental Centre (Canolfan Amgylcheddol Moelyci)

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