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'{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = Wales | official_name = Trefor | welsh_name = | coordinates = {{coord|52.993|-4.426|display=inline,title}} | static_image_name = Eglwys Sant Sior, Trefor (geograph 4622508).jpg | static_image_caption = St. George's Church, Trefor | population = 814 | population_ref = | community_wales = [[Llanaelhaearn]] | unitary_wales = [[Gwynedd]] | lieutenancy_wales = | constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Assembly constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]] | constituency_westminster = [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]] | post_town = CAERNARFON | postcode_district = LL54 | postcode_area = LL | dial_code = 01286 | os_grid_reference = SH371467 | cardiff_distance = }} [[File:Quarry at Trefor (13213902113).jpg|thumb|280x280px|Quarry at Trefor, 1956]] Trefor is a Locality on the North Coast on the Llyn Peninsula in Gwynedd in North Wales. There is a Shop and a Pub run by the Community Trefor is in the Community of Llanaelhaearn. Llithfaen is also is in the Community of Llanaelhaearn. Trefor is on The Historically County of Caernarfonshire. The Village of Llithfaen is on the other Side to Trefor. There is a Beach a Bay and There is a Sea Stacks in Trefor. There is a Mountain Called Garn For of Yr Eifl Mountain is Next to Garn For. There Village Population is 814. There is a Church Called St. George's Church in Trefor. You can Walk to The Welsh Language Heritage Centre which is Nant Gwrtheyrn. Which is Nearby Llithfaen Village. The Trefor is Facing The Caernarfon Bay. You Can See Far as The Isle of Man, Wicklow Mountains in Ireland and The Lake District. Possibly The Cardigan Bay. There is also Post office, Park and Football Clubs. [[File:Pentref Trefor. The village of Trefor - geograph.org.uk - 630325.jpg|thumb|left|Pentref Trefor: the village of Trefor]] ==Location and amenities== Trefor is 9 miles (14 km) north of [[Pwllheli]] and {{convert|13|mi}} south of [[Caernarfon]]. It is surrounded by the sea and mountains, overlooking [[Caernarfon Bay]]. [[File:Trefor - geograph.org.uk - 59971.jpg|thumb|left|Overlooking Trefor village and beach]] Located just off the main [[A499 road]], Trefor has a small harbour and a beach with some sand. At the top of the beach is an [[emergency telephone]] to summon help in the event of a maritime emergency. The land behind the beach is made of [[boulder clay]] deposited during the last [[glaciation]], and is being slowly eroded by the sea. Rising steeply behind the village is [[Yr Eifl]], a range of three hills that dominate the skyline. A [[granite]] quarry, Trefor Granite Quarry or the Yr Eifl Quarry, opened there in 1850. The industrial [[narrow gauge railway]]—[[Trefor Quarry railway]]—opened in 1865 and brought rock from the quarry to the coast, but was gradually replaced by road transport and was finally closed in 1960. Trefor granite is used to make [[curling stone]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canadacurlingstone.on.ca/newstones/newstones.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2006-10-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010104156/http://www.canadacurlingstone.on.ca/newstones/newstones.htm |archive-date=2006-10-10 }}</ref> [[Tre'r Ceiri]], the second highest of the hills, has on it one of the best examples of a [[Stone Age]] or [[Neolithic]] settlement in Europe on its summit. Views from the summits, on a clear day, extend to Ireland, the whole of [[Cardigan Bay]], [[Isle of Anglesey|Anglesey]], [[Snowdonia]], and the northern mountains of England. The central peak, the tallest at {{convert|561|m}}, is called Garn Ganol; the summit nearest the sea, and the lowest, is Garn For, home to the quarry. There is one school in Trefor, a [[primary school]] called Ysgol yr Eifl. There was a [[football (soccer)|football]] club in Trefor, which was re-established in the 2000–01 season. It has won one cup in its history, in the 2001–02 season. There are two retail outlets in Trefor: a [[village shop]] which opens between 7.00&nbsp;am and 7.00&nbsp;pm Monday to Friday with shorter hours at the weekend, and a [[post office]]. To the north end of the village is a children's play area. It is possible to go on a pushchair-friendly circular walk, starting at the play area, down to the beach, across the headland and back into the village again. Visitors can [[Surfing|surf]] the other side of the harbour wall at Trefor. It can be a nice left-hand point over a stony [[reef]] thrown off the headland. There is a small pier next to the harbour; it has been deemed unsafe so is currently closed to the public. Since 2015 a cycle club has been established in the village and surrounding area called Clwb Beicio'r Eifl.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clwbbeicioeifl.wixsite.com/clwbbeicioeifl |title=Croeso i Glwb Beicio'r Eifl! |publisher=Glwb Beicio'r Eifl |access-date=1 June 2018 |language=cy}}</ref> Its members regularly take part in sportives and club rides. ==Gallery== {{gallery ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} *[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3491522 Photos of Trefor and surrounding area on www.geograph.co.uk] {{Gwynedd}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Villages in Gwynedd]] [[Category:Seaside resorts in Wales]] [[Category:Llanaelhaearn]]'