12 Aug
Doors | External | Timber
Newport - NP11
Enquiry from: Donald T
Start Date: Immediate
4 doors.1 bathroom 3 bedroom
Newport
Newport is a city as well as unitary authority location in south east Wales, on the River Usk near to its confluence 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 creates part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area, with a population of 1,097. Newport has actually been a port since medieval times, when the first Newport Castle was built by the Normans. The town grew out of the earlier Roman community of Caerleon, promptly upstream, and acquired its very first charter in 1314. It expanded substantially in the 19th century, when its port became the emphasis of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Until the increase of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' biggest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last large armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Rising 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 declined in importance, however Newport remained a crucial manufacturing and engineering centre. It was approved city condition in 2002. Newport hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010 as well as was the venue for the 2014 NATO summit.
