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The Gaer, Newport (4641381).jpg. The Gaer House (Welsh: "Yr Ty Gaer" meaning 'The Fort House' or 'The House of the Fort') is an estate house located in the community of Gaer, Newport, South Wales. It is situated about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Newport to Cardiff road, near a Roman fort, which gave the name to the estate. [1]
Lower Machen (Welsh: Machen Isaf) is a small hamlet of 19 houses on the A468 road at the very western edge of the city of Newport, South Wales. Machen itself lies further west in the county borough of Caerphilly , although both lie within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire .
The former administrative county was divided into several districts: Blaenau Gwent, Islwyn, Monmouth, Newport and Torfaen. The successor unitary authorities are Blaenau Gwent , Caerphilly (part of which came from Mid Glamorgan ), Monmouthshire (which covers the eastern 60% of the historic county of the same name ), Newport and Torfaen .
Caerwent (Welsh: Caer-went) is a village and community in Monmouthshire, Wales.It is located about five miles west of Chepstow and 11 miles east of Newport.It was founded by the Romans as the market town of Venta Silurum, an important settlement of the Brythonic Silures tribe.
Ridgeway is a predominantly middle class area in Newport, Gwent. Alongside the neighbouring Alt-yr-yn and has historically been a highly sought after area of Newport due to its catchment proximity of schools such as Glasllwch Primary, which has an Estyn “Excellent” rating, [ 1 ] and up until its move in 2009, the independent Rougemont School .
Redwick (Welsh: Y Redwig) is a small village and community to the south east of the city of Newport, in Wales, United Kingdom. It lies within the Newport city boundaries, in the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. In 2011 the population was 206. [2]
They are also known collectively as the Monmouthshire Levels or Gwent Levels, [1] and the name Wentloog is sometimes spelled Wentlooge in official publications. The Caldicot Level lies to the southeast of Newport between the River Usk and River Wye and consists of 17,500 acres (71 km 2 ).
The parish lies at the gateway to the Sirhowy valley, to the north of Newport on the eastern side of the Ebbw River. [2] It is bounded by the M4 motorway to the south, the Ebbw River to the west, the Henllys Vale to the east and the city boundary with Caerphilly county borough to the north. Rogerstone railway station is on the Ebbw Valley Railway.