Nash
Nash is a village and community to the south of the city of Newport, South Wales, in the Lliswerry ward.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 270 residents
- Description: village in Newport, south-east Wales
- Also known as: “Nash, Newport” and “Trefonnen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and East Usk Lighthouse.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Martinevans123, Public domain.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Nash is the parish church of the village of Nash, situated about 2 miles south of the city of Newport, Wales. Described as "the cathedral of the moors" by Monmouthshire historian Fred Hando, the large church is medieval in origin, with additions and restorations dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.
East Usk Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Pigsonthewing, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newport Wetlands is a wildlife reserve covering parts of Uskmouth, Nash and Goldcliff, in the south-east of the city of Newport, South Wales.
Uskmouth power stations
Photo: Mrjohncummings, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Uskmouth power stations refers to a series of two coal-fired power stations at the mouth of the River Usk in the south-east of Newport, Wales. The first of the two stations, Uskmouth A power station, was built in the 1940s and demolished in 2002.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitson and Somerton.
Whitson
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitson is a village on the outskirts of the city of Newport, South Wales. It is located about 7 miles south-east of Newport city centre on the Caldicot Levels, a large area of coastal land reclaimed from the sea. Whitson is situated 2 miles east of Nash.
Somerton
Suburb
Somerton is an area in the south-east of Newport. The northern half of the area is located in the Alway ward with the southern half in the Lliswerry ward – The two halves being separated by the South Wales Main Line. Somerton is situated 2½ miles north of Nash.
Maesglas
Suburb
Maesglas or Maes-glas is a neighbourhood in the south west of the city of Newport, South Wales. In the 16th century it was recorded as Greenfield but the Welsh language name Maesglas has remained the more widely used, among English speakers. Maesglas is situated 3 miles northwest of Nash.
Nash
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Nash, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.5482° or 51° 32′ 54″ northLongitude
-2.94846° or 2° 56′ 54″ westPopulation
270Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
9C3VG3X2+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 29426550OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2641873Wikidata ID
Q6966749
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Nash” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Nash”
- Catalan: “Trefonnen”
- Cebuano: “Nash (komunidad sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Wales)”
- Cebuano: “Nash”
- Chinese: “Nash”
- Cornish: “Trefonnen”
- Dutch: “Nash”
- French: “Nash”
- German: “Nash”
- Irish: “Trefonnen”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nash”
- Persian: “نش (نیوپورت)”
- Persian: “نش”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Trefonnen”
- Swedish: “Nash, Wales”
- Swedish: “Nash”
- Welsh: “Trefonnen”
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