Trebanos () is a village in the Swansea Valley, Wales. With Craig Trebanos and a part of Pontardawe, it forms the Trebanos electoral ward in the Neath Port Talbot county borough.
Controversy and opposition concerning the South Wales Gas Pipeline passing through the village led to media attention for the village and a protest camp in 2006 and 2007.
Name
The village's name in standard
Welsh language is 'Trebannws'. But in the Welsh-language dialect of the area, there is a tendency to pronounce the final vowel as an 'o'. This has given rise to the form 'Trebanos', which is the form usually used in English.
Education
A Welsh-medium primary school, Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Trebanos, is located in the village.
Sport
Trebanos is home to the rugby union club
Trebanos RFC. Founded in 1887, as of May 2025 it plays in the WRU Championship West league.
Notable residents
Notable people from Trebanos include
rugby union players
Bleddyn Bowen, who captained Wales to the 1988 Triple Crown;
Robert Jones, who was capped for Wales 54 times and helped win the 1988 Triple Crown;
, who was capped for Wales 23 times;
and
openside flanker Justin Tipuric.
Greg Thomas, a first-class and fast bowler, was born in Trebanos.
Actress Harriet Lewis, who played Maggie Post in the Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm, was born in Trebanos.
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