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{{Short description|Village and community in Conwy, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| static_image_name           = Bridge over the Afon Crafnant at Trefriw - geograph.org.uk - 2398105.jpg
| static_image_caption        = Afon Crafnant
| label_position              =
| official_name               = Trefriw
| welsh_name                  = 
| country                     = Wales
| os_grid_reference           = SH779632
| coordinates                 = {{coord|53.152|-3.825|display=inline,title}}
| population                  = 783
| population_ref              = ''(2011)''
| community_wales             = Trefriw
| unitary_wales               = [[Conwy County Borough|Conwy]]
| lieutenancy_wales           = [[Clwyd]]
| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Aberconwy (Senedd constituency)|Aberconwy]]
| constituency_westminster    = [[Bangor Aberconwy (UK Parliament constituency)|Bangor Aberconwy]]
| post_town                   = TREFRIW
| postcode_district           = LL27
| postcode_area               = LL
| dial_code                   = 01492 
| module= [[File:Wales Conwy Community Trefriw map.svg|240px]]<br />Map of the community
}}

'''Trefriw''' ({{IPA|cy|trɛˈvrɪu}}) is a village and [[community (Wales)|community]] in [[Conwy County Borough]], Wales. It lies on the [[river Crafnant]] a few miles south of the site of the [[Roman Britain|Roman]] [[castra|fort]] of [[Canovium]], sited at [[Caerhun]].  At the last three censuses, the population of the community has been recorded as 842 in 1999, 915 in 2001, and 783 in 2011 (from a total of 368 households).<ref>[http://www.conwy.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/538/2011_Census_area_profile__Trefriw_CC.pdf www.conwy.gov.uk Trefriw Census Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112033033/http://www.conwy.gov.uk/upload/public/attachments/538/2011_Census_area_profile__Trefriw_CC.pdf |date=2016-11-12 }}</ref>

Trefriw lies on the edge of [[Snowdonia]], on the [[B5106 road]] to the north-west of [[Llanrwst]], and about 4½ miles north of [[Betws-y-Coed]] by road. It is located on the western slopes of the glaciated [[Conwy valley]], below the ridge of [[Cefn Cyfarwydd]], the village having been largely built in a semicircle at the point where the [[river Crafnant]] flows from its [[hanging valley]] to join the river Conwy.  The river Crafnant still provides power for the woollen mill, and in the past provided power for a number of other industries based along its banks, such as a forge which provided quarry tools. The community includes the hamlet of [[Llanrhychwyn]].

Most of the village lies within the [[Snowdonia National Park]], the boundary running down the main street of the village.

Apart from its reputation as a good starting point for walks (the village has [[Walkers are Welcome]] status and stages an annual walking festival),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trefriwwalkingfestival.co.uk/|title=Trefriw Walking Festival - Trefriw Walking Festival|work=Trefriw Walking Festival}}</ref> Trefriw is today mostly known for its [[Wool industry in Wales|woollen mill]], and for the nearby [[chalybeate]] spa, first known to have been used by the Romans and further developed in about 1700. Its waters were one of very few throughout Europe to have been classified as a medicine due to their high iron content.