Treharris es una ciudad y comunidad (y distrito electoral ) en el valle del Taff Bargoed, al sur del condado de Merthyr Tydfil , en Gales del Sur . Se encuentra a unos 1 km al oeste de Trelewis , de la que está separada por el río Taff Bargoed , y a 1,4 km de Nelson , en el condado de Caerphilly . Según el censo de 2011, Treharris cuenta con una población de 6356 habitantes. Como comunidad, Treharris incluye las aldeas de Quakers Yard y Edwardsville . Debido a la pronunciada pendiente y la estrechez de los valles del Taff y del Taff Bargoed en Treharris, se han construido varios puentes y viaductos importantes en la zona. [ 2 ]
Historia
El pueblo se formó alrededor de la mina de carbón Harris's Deep Navigation Colliery , que comenzó las excavaciones en 1878, después de que la excavación comenzara en 1872. La mina y el pueblo recibieron su nombre de FW Harris y su Harris Navigation Steam Coal Company. Originalmente conocidos como Harris's Navigation Pits, los pozos de Deep Navigation eran los más profundos en ese momento en el sur de Gales. Algunos pozos se excavaron a una profundidad de 760 yardas (2280 pies, 695 metros) para acceder a la veta Nine Feet , 200 yardas (600 pies, 183 metros) más profundo que cualquier otra mina en el yacimiento carbonífero. [ 3 ] La propiedad se transfirió a Ocean Coal Co. Ltd. en 1893, llamada así porque la mina suministraba carbón para los transatlánticos , incluida la Cunard Line . La mina pasó a ser conocida como Deep Navigation Colliery y permaneció en producción hasta 1991.
A principios del siglo XXI, al igual que muchos otros pueblos mineros de la zona, Treharris experimentó una importante regeneración en su centro urbano. La mayor parte, si no la totalidad, del terreno donde se ubicaba Deep Navigation se ha ajardinado y ahora forma parte del nuevo Parc Taff Bargoed , donde entrenan y juegan muchos de los equipos locales de fútbol y rugby.
Gobernancia
Treharris is also the name of an electoral ward whose boundaries are coterminous with the community.[4] The Treharris ward elects three county councillors to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. Since 1995 the ward has elected a mixture of Labour Party or Independent councillors. In May 2017 the Labour Party won all three seats.[5][6]
Sport and leisure

The Welsh International Climbing Centre, an indoor climbing centre and caving complex, is built on the site of the former Trelewis Drift mine and is an integral part of the Millennium park complex.
Treharris has the oldest Boys and Girls club in the whole of the United Kingdom.[7]
Treharris Athletic Western F.C. is the local football (soccer) team, once winners of the Western League in 1910, who now play their trade in the Welsh Football League.
Valley Cougars are an amateur Rugby league that play their home games at Treharris Rugby Club they play in Rugby Leagues 4th tier, the Conference League South
Treharris Mini and Junior Rugby Football Club was founded in 1994. The continued success of this club paved the way for the re-introduction of senior and youth rugby in 2009. Treharris Rugby is represented at senior level by Treharris Phoenix who compete in the WRU/SWALEC Leagues. Treharris Youth compete in the Welsh Rugby UnionRAF Youth League.
Transport
Treharris is served by Quakers Yard railway station, on the Merthyr Line between Cardiff Central and Merthyr Tydfil.
Arts & entertainment
The sketch "The Worm That Turned", from the BBC series The Two Ronnies, was filmed around Treharris.
The 1972 film Sunstruck starring Harry Secombe was partly filmed in the two the villages of Treharris and Trelewis. The Welsh school featured, Webster Street School, has now been demolished for housing.
The television drama Richard Burton's A Christmas Story was filmed around Treharris in 1990.[8]
Notable people
- See Category:People from Treharris

- Lloyd Daniels, X-Factor finalist
- David Davies, Welsh international footballer
- Ivor Davies, artist
Bibliography
References
- ↑"Town population 2011". Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑Davies (2008), pg 554.
- ↑Thomas (1979), pg 27.
- ↑"Election maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012, The Election Centre. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑Election results for Treharris - Local Government Election - Thursday, 4th May, 2017, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑Treharris Boys and Girls Club is back in business University of Glamorgan
- ↑"Watch Richard Burton's Christmas Story online - BFI Player". player.bfi.org.uk.
External links
- Treharris District – The story of six communities
- Old Merthyr Tydfil: Treharris - Historical Photographs of Treharris.
- More old photos
- Treharris on Genuki
- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Treharris and surrounding area
- Treharris
- Towns in Merthyr Tydfil county borough
- Communities in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
- Wards of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough