Caerleon
Caerleon is a town and community in Newport, Wales. Situated on the River Usk, it lies 5 miles northeast of Newport city centre, and 5.5 miles southeast of Cwmbran.- Type: Village with 7,970 residents
- Description: village and community in Newport, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Caerlleon upon Usk”, “Caerlleon-upon-Usk”, and “Caerllion”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Roman Legionary Museum Caerleon and Caerleon Roman Fortress Baths.
Roman Legionary Museum Caerleon
Museum
The National Roman Legion Museum is a museum in Caerleon, near Newport, south-east Wales. It is one of three Roman sites in Caerleon, along with the Baths museum and the open-air ruins of the amphitheatre and barracks.
Caerleon Roman Fortress Baths
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Christchurch and Coldra.
Christchurch
Suburb
Coldra
Suburb
Coldra is an area within the electoral ward of Ringland, Newport, Wales. It lies between The Coldra Roundabout and Ringland, Newport.
Bishpool
Suburb
Bishpool is a suburb within the electoral ward of Ringland, Newport. It lies to the western side of Ringland. Its facilities include Bishpool Methodist Church, Bishpool Dairy, and The Man of Gwent. With modern housing, it has a population of 400.
Caerleon
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Caerleon, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.60947° or 51° 36′ 34″ north
Longitude
-2.9541° or 2° 57′ 15″ west
Population
7,970
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
Open location code
9C3VJ25W+Q9
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Caerleon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كارليون”
- Asturian: “Caerleon”
- Asturian: “Caerllion”
- Basque: “Caerleon”
- Basque: “Caerllion”
- Bengali: “কেয়ারলিওন”
- Breton: “Caerllion”
- Catalan: “Caerleon”
- Catalan: “Caerllion”
- Cebuano: “Caerleon”
- Cebuano: “Caerllion”
- Chinese: “Caerleon”
- Chinese: “卡利恩”
- Chinese: “卡尔里恩”
- Chinese: “可尔里昂”
- Chinese: “可爾里昂”
- Cornish: “Caerllion”
- Czech: “Caerleon”
- Czech: “Caerllion”
- Danish: “Caerleon”
- Danish: “Caerllion”
- Dutch: “Caerleon”
- Dutch: “Caerllion”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كارليون”
- French: “Caerleon”
- French: “Caerllion”
- Galician: “Caerleon”
- Galician: “Caerllion”
- German: “Caerleon”
- German: “Caerllion”
- Gujarati: “કૅરલિયોન”
- Hebrew: “קארליאון”
- Indonesian: “Caerleon”
- Indonesian: “Caerllion”
- Irish: “Caerllion”
- Italian: “Caerleon”
- Italian: “Caerllion”
- Japanese: “カーリーアン”
- Japanese: “カーリオン”
- Japanese: “カエルレオン”
- Kannada: “ಕ್ಯಾರೆಲಿಯನ್”
- Korean: “카렐리온”
- Lithuanian: “Kaerleonas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Caerleon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Caerleon”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Caerllion”
- Norwegian: “Caerleon”
- Persian: “کارلیون”
- Polish: “Caerleon”
- Polish: “Caerllion”
- Portuguese: “Caerleon”
- Portuguese: “Caerllion”
- Portuguese: “Isca Augusta”
- Russian: “Карлеон”
- Scots: “Caerleon”
- Scots: “Caerllion”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caerllion”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Caerleon”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Caerllion”
- Slovenian: “Caerleon”
- Slovenian: “Caerllion”
- Spanish: “Caerleon”
- Spanish: “Caerllion”
- Swedish: “Caerleon”
- Swedish: “Caerllion”
- Tamil: “கார்லியோன்”
- Telugu: “క్యార్లియన్”
- Turkish: “Caerleon”
- Turkish: “Caerllion”
- Urdu: “کایرلیون”
- Vietnamese: “Caerleon”
- Vietnamese: “Caerllion”
- Welsh: “Caerlleon ar Wysg”
- Welsh: “Caerlleon-ar-Wysg”
- Welsh: “Caerlleon”
- Welsh: “Caerllion ar Wysg”
- Welsh: “Caerllion-ar-Wysg”
- Welsh: “Caerllion”
- Welsh: “Isca Silurum”
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