Tregaron

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Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Tregaron
Constituent country	Wales
Region	Ceredigion
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
- Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
Postcode	SY25
Area code(s)	01974

Tregaron is a market town in the county of Ceredigion, Mid Wales, lying on the River Brenig (also Brennig), a tributary of the River Teifi. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, Tregaron's population was 1,183 of whom 68.8% spoke Welsh fluently, including 100% of the 15-year-old age group.

Notable buildings in the town include the 13th-century Talbot Hotel, which supposedly has an elephant buried in its grounds, and the parish church. Cors Caron (sometimes called Tregaron Bog), known for its adders, buzzards and red kites, lies nearby.

Famous people from Tregaron include Henry Richard, Joseph Jenkins ("the Welsh Swagman") and the so-called Welsh Robin Hood, Twm Siôn Cati.

The River Brenig is noted for its brown trout and eels. Trout of up to 5 ounces are caught regularly by local children and one which weighed 4lb was stuffed and is on display in the Talbot Hotel.

The remote chapel Soar y mynydd is close to Tregaron.

Tregaron is the location of the studio of Welsh Artist Ogwyn Davies

During the Second World War, the War Office used a site near Tregaron for training exercises. Its continued use for training exercises following the war was the subject of protest by Plaid Cymru, which also challenged the UK government's continued military conscription in peace time. Other locations in Wales used for training exercises included Preseli Hills and Trawsfynydd.

Near Tregaron was a cottage that had been used for making LSD in the mid-1970s. The drugs were seized in Operation Julie, and at the time were the biggest ever haul.