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Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd [kasˈnɛwɨð]) is a city and county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, 12 mi (19 km) northeast of Cardiff.
- The city. You can walk from one end of Newport’s compact city centre to the other in little more than 10 minutes - or a lot longer if you stop at the cathedral, museum and art gallery, and traditional covered market.
- Tredegar House. Set in a beautiful 90 acre park, Tredegar House is probably the best 17th century Charles II mansion in Britain, and a thoroughly pleasant place to spend a day, exploring the red-brick house, its gardens and parkland.
- RSPB Newport Wetlands Reserve. The 100km2 of wetland along the Severn Estuary, known as the Gwent Levels, have gradually been reclaimed from the sea by people over thousands of years.
- National Roman Legion Museum. Wales was one of the farthest-flung outposts of the Roman Empire, and in AD75 the Romans built a fortress at Caerleon, a few miles from Newport, that would guard the region for over 200 years.
Monmouthshire, county of southeastern Wales. The present county of Monmouthshire borders England to the east, the River Severn estuary to the south, the county boroughs of Newport, Torfaen, and Blaenau Gwent to the west, and the county of Powys to the north.
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Wentwood, now partly in Monmouthshire and partly in Newport, is the remnant of a once much larger forest, but remains the largest ancient woodland in Wales and the ninth largest in Britain. [95]
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The city is largely low-lying, but with a few hilly areas. Areas in the south and east of the city tend to be flat and fertile with some housing estates and industrial areas reclaimed from marshland. Areas near the banks of the River Usk, such as Caerleon, are also low-lying. The eastern outskirts of the city are characterised by the gently rolling...
Origins
Bronze Age fishermen settled around the fertile estuary of the River Usk and later the Celtic Silures built hillforts overlooking it. In AD 75, on the very edge of their empire, the Roman legions built a Roman fort at Caerleon to defend the river crossing. According to legend, in the late 5th century Saint Woolos church was founded by Saint Gwynllyw, the patron saint of Newport and King of Gwynllwg. The church was certainly in existence by the 9th century and today has become Newport Cathedra...
Industrial Revolution
As the Industrial Revolution took off in Britain in the 19th century, the Glamorgan and Monmouthshirevalleys became key suppliers of coal and iron. These were transported down local rivers and the new canals to ports such as Newport, and Newport Docks grew rapidly as a result. Newport became one of the largest towns in the area and the focus for the new industrial eastern valleys of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. By 1830 Newport was the leading coal port in the area, and until the 1850s it was...
The modern era
Newport's economy had a broad base, with foundries, engineering works, a cattle market and shops that served much of Monmouthshire. However, the docks were in decline even before the Great Depression, and local unemployment peaked at 34.7% in 1930: high, but not as bad as the levels seen in the mining towns of the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire valleys. Despite the economic conditions, the council re-housed over half the population in the 1920s and 30s. The post-war years saw renewed prosperity,...
Golf
The city is home to the Celtic Manor Resort, a five-star conference resort and home of the Celtic Manor Wales Open, the annual European Tour golf tournament. The resort is the venue for the 2010 Ryder Cup and has previously been used as the venue for the All*Star Cup celebrity golf tournament. The city has high-quality golf facilities at Llanwern Golf Club, Peterstone Golf Club, Parc Golf Academy in Coedkernew and Newport Golf Club and Tredegar Park Golf Club in Rogerstone. Caerleon has a goo...
Football
Newport's best known association football club is Newport County, who were formed in 1912 and joined the Football League in 1920. County have played in the second tier of English football, reached the last 16 of the FA Cup and the quarter finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup. Newport is also home to four further senior sides: Caerleon, Newport YMCA, Newport City and Newport Civil Service. The city has its own league, the Newport and District Football League. Lovell's Athletic were a fairly...
Rugby
The exploits of the Newport Rugby Football Club are world-renowned. One of the few clubs to have beaten all the major southern hemisphere touring sides, they were the only side to beat the Invincible All Blacks of 1962—63. Amongst the names associated with the club are Arthur 'Monkey' Gould, the first Rugby Union superstar, and David Watkins, the only man to have captained Great Britain at rugby union and rugby league. Nine other rugby union teams are based in Newport; Newport Saracens, Pill...
Jump up "A Summary of the Early History of Newport". Bob Trett, newportpast.com. http://www.newportpast.com/early/summary/. Retrieved 1 October 2007.Jump up Hando, F.J., (1958) "Out and About in Monmouthshire", R. H. Johns, Newport.Jump up http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7427758.stm news.bbc.co.ukMonmouth, the UK’s first Bee Town, nestles in the tranquil lower reaches of the beautiful Wye Valley and has been a centre for tourism since 1780.
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Newport is a city in the southeast of Wales, Great Britain. It is in the county of Monmouthshire, and in the historic Welsh kingdom of Gwent. Its name in Welsh is Casnewydd. It is the third biggest city in Wales. Newport became a city in 2002. About 140,000 people live in Newport.
