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Newport became one of the largest towns in Wales and the focus for the new industrial eastern valleys of South Wales. By 1830 Newport was Wales' leading coal port, and until the 1850s it was larger than Cardiff. [7] The Newport Rising in 1839 was the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.
The City of Newport is one of the unitary authority areas of Wales, in the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. This category is not for articles about Newport, Pembrokeshire , see Category:Newport, Pembrokeshire .
Location of the county borough of Newport in Wales. The list of standardised Welsh place-names, for places in Newport, Wales, is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation of the spelling of Welsh place-names, particularly in the Welsh language and when multiple forms are used, although some place-names in English were also recommended to be matched ...
High Street, Newport (2005), looking south Newport Market, High Street entrance and modern pedestrianisation (2014) High Street is the main historical street and the original main thoroughfare in the centre of Newport, South Wales. Nowadays it runs approximately 280m between Westgate Square and the Old Green Interchange (facing Newport Castle).
To the east of High Street is Newport Market, a Grade II-listed building. Kingsway/Usk Way is a boulevard on the west bank of the River Usk linking Newport Castle the Riverfront Theatre and the University of South Wales to the western ends of City Bridge and Newport Transporter Bridge. The city centre is currently being expanded to include ...
Newport City Council (Welsh: Cyngor Dinas Casnewydd) is the governing body for Newport, one of the principal areas of Wales. It consists of 51 councillors, who represent the city's 20 wards . The council is currently, and has historically been, held by the Labour Party .
Newport railway station: 1980 — Sculpture: Steel — More images: Stand and Stare, a tribute to W.H. Davies: Commercial Street, Newport: 1990: Paul Bothwell Kincaid — Sculpture: Bronze — [1] More images: The Steel Wave Riverside at Town Reach: 1991: Pete Fink — Sculpture: Steel — [1] More images: Unity, Prudence, Energy - the Chartist ...
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Newport, Wales" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.