Trefnant

{{Short description|Village in Denbighshire, Wales}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Wales

| welsh_name =

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Vale of Clwyd

| constituency_westminster = Clwyd North

| official_name = Trefnant

| population = 1,581

| population_ref = (2011 Census)

| community_wales = Trefnant

| unitary_wales = Denbighshire

| lieutenancy_wales = Clwyd

| post_town = DENBIGH

| postcode_district = LL16

| postcode_area = LL

| post_town1 = ST. ASAPH

| postcode_district1 = LL17

| postcode_area1 = LL

| dial_code = 01745

| os_grid_reference = SJ046709

| coordinates = {{coord|53.227|-3.429|display=inline,title}}

| static_image_name = Trefnant in 2007.jpg

| static_image_caption = The junction of the A525 and the B5428 roads

| module= 240px
Map of the community

}}

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,{{citation|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=801642&c=trefnant&d=16&e=15&g=414311&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1237416178667&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 |title=2001 Census: Trefnant|publisher=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=18 March 2009}} increasing to 1,581 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129825&c=LL16+5UF&d=16&e=62&g=6489988&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=0&s=1432480275857&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|accessdate=24 May 2015}}

Holy Trinity Church, designed by George Gilbert Scott, is a Grade II* listed building in the village. It was erected to commemorate the life of John Lloyd Salusbury, of Galltfaenan Hall.{{cite web |publisher=British Listed Buildings |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300019186-holy-trinity-church-trefnant |title=Holy Trinity Church |accessdate=3 January 2019}} It forms part of a significant group of listed Scott-designed structures in the village, which include a school and parsonage.{{cite web |publisher=British Listed Buildings |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300019200-former-rectory-trefnant |title=Former rectory |accessdate=3 January 2019}}{{cite web |publisher=British Listed Buildings |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300019201-trefnant-school-trefnant |title=Trefnant School |accessdate=3 January 2019}}{{cite web |publisher=British Listed Buildings |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300019202-trefnant-school-house-trefnant |title=Trefnant School |accessdate=3 January 2019}}

Nearby is Llannerch Hall.{{cite web|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/27410/details/LLANERCH+HALL/|title=Llannerch Hall|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales|accessdate=1 May 2016}}

Trefnant railway station served the village. It closed in the 1960s. Also Llannerch railway station was located nearby at Llannerch Hall. It closed in 1871.

Welsh language author and polemicist Emrys ap Iwan was a minister at Trefnant at the end of the 19th century.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}}

Green Methodist Chapel was built in 1824. Built in the simple Gothic style, gable entry type.{{cite web|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/7900/details/green-chapel-welsh-calvinistic-methodist-trefnant|accessdate=9 October 2018|title=English}}

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.{{Citation needed|date=January 2019}}