Newport

Newport is a cathedral
and
university city and unitary
authority area in south
east Wales. It is located
on the River Usk close to
its confluence with
the Severn Estuary,
approximately 12 miles
(19 km) northeast
of Cardiff. At the 2011
census it was the third
largest city in Wales, with
a city population of
145,700 and an urban
population of 306,844.
The city forms part of the
Cardiff-Newport
metropolitan area with a
population of 1,097,000.
 Newport is just
90 minutes from
London by rail with
direct coach
services from
Heathrow and
Gatwick airports
and other major
centres.
Cardiff and
Bristol international
airports are within
an hour’s drive.
 Newport has a moderate temperate climate, with the weather
rarely staying the same for more than a few days at a time. The city is one
of the sunnier locations in Wales and its sheltered location tends to
protect it from extreme weather. Like the whole of the British Isles,
Newport benefits from the warming effect of the Gulf Stream. Newport
has mild summers and cool winters.
Thunderstorms may occur
intermittently at any time of year, but
are most common throughout late-spring
and summer. Rain falls throughout the
year, Atlantic storms give significant
rainfall in the autumn, these gradually
becoming rarer towards the end of
winter. Autumn and summer have often
been the wettest seasons in recent
times. Snow falls every winter and
usually settles on the ground several
times, and usually melts after a few
days. Newport records few days with
gales compared to most of Wales, again
due to its sheltered location. Frosts are
common from October to May.
On 20 March 1930, the overnight
temperature fell to −16.1 °C the coldest
temperature for the whole of the UK
during that year, and the latest date in
spring the UK's lowest temperature has
been recorded.
 The main shopping streets of
Newport city centre are pedestrianised
with High Street and Commercial
Street forming the north /south axis
plus adjoining roads including Newport
Arcade, Market Arcade, Skinner
Street, Bridge Street, Upper Dock
Street, Market Street, Griffin Street,
Corn Street, Cambrian Road, Hill Street
and Llanarth Street.
The five roads of Commercial
Street, Stow Hill, Bridge Street, High
Street and Skinner Street converge at
Westgate Square (named after the
Westgate Hotel) and this is generally
regarded as the central point the city.
 Kingsway
Shopping Centre is
an indoor shopping
mall. The adjoining
£90 million Friars
Walk shopping
centre opened in
November 2015 is
regarded as having
benefited the city
centre; this has 30
shops, about 12
restaurants and an
8-screen cinema.
Newport Market is
a Victorian indoor
market on two
floors with outlets
for produce and
general products.
 The University of South
Wales campus is on the west
bank of the river Usk in
Newport city centre. The
university can trace its
roots to the founding of the
Newport Mechanics
Institute in 1841. Newport
School of Art, Media and
Design was one of the first
Art Schools to be awarded
degree status in 1973 and
enjoyed a high reputation in
painting, Fine Art, and
sculpture throughout the
1960s and 1970s. It is still
highly regarded however,
especially in documentary
photography.The Fine Art
course closed in 2013, its
final degree show entitled
'depARTure'.
Newport has eight state
comprehensive schools
(Bassaleg School,
Newport High School,
St Joseph's Roman
Catholic High School,
Caerleon Comprehensive
School, John Frost
School, Lliswerry High
School, Llanwern High
School and Saint
Julian's School) and one
independent
comprehensive school
(Rougemont School). All
schools are governed by
Newport Local
Education Authority.
 The city centre has
many pubs, bars and
nightclubs, mostly in the
vicinity of High Street.
The most famous of
these was TJ's, an
alternative music club
where it is claimed that
Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
proposed to Courtney
Love, which closed in
2010. TJ's was voted
one of the top 50 'Big
Nights Out' in the world
by FHM in December
1997.
 To the south of the city lies
the extensive Caldicot and
Wentloog Levels and Newport
Wetlands Reserve. The
Wetlands reserve opened in
March 2000 as a mitigation for
the loss of mudflats caused by
the building of the Cardiff Bay
Barrage. A Local Nature
Reserve is established at Allt-
yr-yn.
Newport City footbridge is a
cycle and pedestrian bridge in
Newport city centre linking
the east and west banks of the
River Usk.
Newport Castle
THE NEWPORT
TRANSPORTER BRIDGE
The Market Hall
Chartist Graves
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