01 Jun
Paving & Driveway | Pattern Imprinted
Newport - NP10
Enquiry from: Alan B
Start Date: Immediate
are you the property owner: owner of the property property type: detached other forms: none please call to appoint
Newport
Newport is a city and also unitary authority area in south east Wales, on the River Usk near its assemblage with the Severn Tidewater, 12 miles (19 kilometres) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the third largest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city develops part of the Cardiff-Newport city, with a population of 1,097. Newport has been a port because middle ages times, when the very first Newport Castle was constructed by the Normans. The community grew out of the earlier Roman town of Caerleon, promptly upstream, and also obtained its first charter in 1314. It grew substantially in the 19th century, when its port became the focus of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Up until the surge of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last large armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Climbing of 1839 led by the Chartists. This was led by the Chartist John Frost which brought about the re-branding of the Duffryn High School right into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the docks declined in importance, yet Newport continued to be an important manufacturing and design centre. It was given city status in 2002. Newport hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010 and also was the place for the 2014 NATO summit.
