29 Jul
Electric | Testing & Inspection
Newport - NP20
Enquiry from: Seren H
Start Date: Immediate
i would like to arrange pat testing for my company
Newport
Newport is a city and also unitary authority location in south east Wales, on the River Usk near to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the third biggest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city develops part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area, with a population of 1,097. Newport has been a port considering that medieval times, when the initial Newport Castle was developed by the Normans. The community outgrew the earlier Roman community of Caerleon, instantly upstream, and also obtained its first charter in 1314. It expanded significantly 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 Increasing 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 into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the anchors decreased in importance, but Newport continued to be a crucial manufacturing and design centre. It was approved city status in 2002. Newport held the Ryder Cup in 2010 and was the location for the 2014 NATO summit.
