Duffryn

Duffryn is a large housing estate in the southwest of the city of Newport, south Wales comprising a large portion of the Tredegar Park electoral district.

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Type: Suburb with 4,420 residents
Description: housing estate in Newport
Also known as: “Tredegar Park”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Joseph’s Roman Catholic High School, Newport and Tredegar House Country Park.

St Joseph’s Roman Catholic High School, Newport

School

St. Joseph's RC High School is a secondary high school on the outskirts of Newport, Wales.

Tredegar House Country Park

Park

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Tredegar House Country Park is a landscaped park in the community of Coedkernew, in Newport, Wales. The park forms the grounds of Tredegar House, for over 500 years the home of the Morgan family.

John Frost School

School

The John Frost School, formerly known as Duffryn High School, is a comprehensive school on the south-western outskirts of Newport, south Wales. It is in the suburb of Duffryn and opened in 1959.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maesglas and Bassaleg.

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.

Bassaleg

Suburb

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Bassaleg is a village on the west side of Newport, Wales. It is in the Graig electoral ward and community. Bassaleg is located 2 miles northwest of Newport city centre. Bassaleg is situated 1½ miles northwest of Duffryn.