Conservatory (Supply-only) in Newport

Newport

Newport is a city as well as unitary authority location in south eastern Wales, on the River Usk close to its convergence with the Severn Estuary, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the third largest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city creates part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area, with a population of 1,097. Newport has been a port since medieval times, when the very first Newport Castle was constructed by the Normans. The town outgrew the earlier Roman town of Caerleon, promptly upstream, and obtained its initial charter in 1314. It grew substantially in the 19th century, when its port came to be the focus of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Till the rise of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Climbing of 1839 led by the Chartists. This was led by the Chartist John Frost which caused the re-branding of the Duffryn High School into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the anchors decreased in significance, yet Newport stayed an important manufacturing as well as design centre. It was given city condition in 2002. Newport organized the Ryder Cup in 2010 as well as was the place for the 2014 NATO summit.