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Newport is the third-largest principal authority with city status in Wales, and sixth most populous overall. [4] Newport became a unitary authority in 1996 and forms part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan area, [5] and the Cardiff Capital Region. Newport has been a port since medieval times when the first Newport Castle was built by the Normans.
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Further up the valley at Cwmfelinfach is the old site of Nine Mile Point Colliery.This was the site of the first ever 'sit in' of miners. At Wattsville the New Risca Mine, opened 1878 and was 855 feet deep.
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Coleg Gwent (English: Gwent College) is Wales' largest further education college [citation needed] at various locations in the former county of Gwent, South Wales. [3] As of 2014, it has 24,000 students [4] ranging from secondary school leavers to mature students. A wide range of part-time and full-time academic and vocational courses are on ...
From Bridge Street, the two roads of High Street and Cambrian Road run in parallel towards Newport railway station. Joining the two roads is the covered Victorian Newport Arcade. At the western end of the arcade is the Cambrian Centre which is being redeveloped. [4] To the east of High Street is Newport Market, a Grade II-listed building.
In 2009 Newport City Council transferred ownership of its social housing and most of the land it owned in the area to Newport City Homes, a housing association. The estate was built around the 17th-century parish church of St David in Bettws, which is the likely origin of the name 'Bettws', a place of prayer or private chapel.