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 Council area. 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.
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It is around 0.5km 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.
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.
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