44 Facts About Newport Wales

Newport Wales became a unitary authority in 1996 and forms part of the Cardiff-Newport Wales metropolitan area.

Newport Wales was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Great Britain, the Newport Wales Rising of 1839.

Newport Wales has been a port since medieval times when the first Newport Wales Castle was built by the Normans.

Newport Wales hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010 and was the venue for the 2014 NATO summit.

Newport Wales Cathedral is the cathedral of the Diocese of Monmouth.

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Newport Wales-on-Usk is found on some early maps, and the name was in popular usage well before the development of Newport Wales Docks.

One theory suggests that Newport Wales gained favour with medieval maritime traders on the Usk, as it differentiated the "New port" from the "Old Roman port" at Caerleon.

Original Newport Wales Castle was a small motte-and-bailey castle in the park opposite Newport Wales Cathedral.

Around the settlement, the new town grew to become Newport Wales, obtaining its first charter in 1314 and was granted a second one, by Hugh Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford in 1385.

Newport Wales Rising in 1839 was the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain.

Newport Wales probably had a Welsh-speaking majority until the 1830s, but with a large influx of migrants from England and Ireland over the following decades, the town and the rest of Monmouthshire came to be seen as "un-Welsh", a view compounded by ambiguity about the status of Monmouthshire.

Newport Wales had been originally set up, by the Scottish brothers Alex and Peter Campbell, on the River Clyde, but was re-located to the Severn Estuary.

County borough of Newport Wales was granted city status in 2002 to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee.

Newport Wales has long been the largest town in the historic county of Monmouthshire and a county borough between 1891 and 1974.

The Newport Wales constituency elected four Members of the European Parliament on a Proportional representation basis.

Newport Wales is located 138 miles west of London and 12 miles east of Cardiff.

Newport Wales has a moderate temperate climate, with the weather rarely staying the same for more than a few days at a time.

In 1850 Newport was recognised as a centre of Catholicism in Wales when the Diocese of Newport and Menevia was created.

Newport Wales has more than 50 churches, 7 mosques, and one synagogue; the nearest Gurudwara is in Cardiff.

In 1997, Newport Wales secured what was then thought to be Europe's largest-ever inward investment when the LG Group announced a £1.

Industry in the east of Newport Wales was formerly based at the Corus Llanwern steelworks, and although the rolling mill is still active, steel manufacture ceased in 2001.

M4 relief road skirting the southern edge of the urban area of Newport Wales has been proposed as a means of reducing the congestion on the existing M4 motorway and making Newport Wales and the surrounding areas more accessible for motorised vehicles.

Newport Wales witnessed the fastest growth in property values in the UK during 2018,.

The hotel development is seen as an important step towards meeting the additional demand for hotel space in Newport created by the International Convention Centre Wales.

Newport Wales Market is being redeveloped as a £12m mixed use site with a tech hub, apartments, market units, as well as a food court, a project led by Newport Wales City Council and the proprietors of Tramshed Cardiff.

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Newport Wales is the easternmost Welsh city on the United Kingdom rail network and has close proximity to major economic centres in Cardiff and Bristol.

Newport Wales has nine public bridges spanning the River Usk, connecting the east and west of the city.

Many of the landmarks of Newport Wales are in Newport Wales city centre or within a short walking distance of the centre; and these include:.

Newport Wales Market is a Victorian indoor market on two floors with outlets for produce and general products.

Newport Wales has the further-education Coleg Gwent City of Newport Wales Campus, informally known as Nash College, in Lliswerry.

Newport Wales has eight English-medium state comprehensive schools and one independent comprehensive school .

Newport Wales has three Welsh-medium primary schools; Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Teyrnon in Brynglas, Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd in Ringland and Ysgol Gymraeg Ifor Hael in Bettws.

Newport Wales has three major museums: Newport Wales Museum in the city centre and at Caerleon the National Roman Legion Museum and Roman Baths Museum.

Newport Wales hosted an outdoor art exhibition called "SuperDragons" in 2010 which displayed 60 large dragons decorated by local community groups.

Newport Wales-based rap group Goldie Lookin Chain released a 'parody of a parody' video in response, alleging that their rivals lacked local knowledge.

Main municipal parks in Newport Wales are Tredegar Park, Belle Vue Park and Beechwood Park.

Newport Wales City footbridge is a cycle and pedestrian bridge in Newport Wales city centre linking the east and west banks of the River Usk.

Newport Wales's best known association football club is Newport Wales County, who were formed in 1912 and joined the English Football League in 1920.

Newport Wales County have played in the second tier of English football and spent over 60 seasons in the Football League, reached the last 16 of the FA Cup, won the Welsh Cup in 1980 and subsequently reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1981.

Newport Wales is one of three main cities where British baseball is still played – the others are Cardiff and Liverpool – and the city hosts an international match every four years at Coronation Park.

Newport Wales Tennis Centre is located at the complex and is a municipal multi-sport facility for tennis, five-a-side football, basketball, field hockey, netball, table tennis, badminton, and squash.

Newport Wales hosted the International Cross Country Championships on six occasions at Caerleon Racecourse.

Newport Wales has a Skittle Alley League consisting of over 50 teams who play their league games on a Friday evening.

Newport Wales has several internet radio stations, the most popular of which is Newport Wales City Radio.