Beechwood
Beechwood is a community and coterminous electoral ward of the city of Newport. The community is bounded by the River Usk to the north, Renoir Road, Beechwood Road, Chepstow Road and Windsor Road to the east, the Great Western Main Line to the south, and Victoria Avenue, Norfolk Road, Avalon Drive, behind Reynolds Close, Badminton Road, and east of The Moorings to the west.- Type: Suburb with 7,660 residents
- Description: community in Newport
- Also known as: “Beechwood, Newport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Newport Railway Station and Roman Legionary Museum Caerleon.
Newport Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newport is the second-busiest railway station in Wales. It is situated in Newport city centre and is 133 miles 13 chains from London Paddington measured via Bristol Parkway, and 158 miles 50 chains via Stroud.
Roman Legionary Museum Caerleon
Museum
Photo: Ham, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Newport Cathedral
Church
Photo: Owain, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Newport Cathedral, also known as St Gwynllyw's or St Woolos' Cathedral, is the cathedral of the Diocese of Monmouth within the Church in Wales, and the seat of the Bishop of Monmouth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maindee and Bettws.
Maindee
Suburb
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maindee is a large inner-city commercial and residential area in the city of Newport, South Wales. It lies on the eastern side of the River Usk, mostly within the electoral district of Victoria, although some areas traditionally associated with Maindee are in the Beechwood ward.
Bettws
Suburb
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bettws is a large modern housing estate, electoral ward and coterminous community of the city of Newport, South Wales. Bettws is situated 3 miles northwest of Beechwood.
Crindau
Suburb
Photo: John Grayson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crindau is a Victorian inner-city area just north of the city centre in Newport in south-east Wales. It lies within the Shaftesbury electoral district and community.
Beechwood
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.5927° or 51° 35′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.9643° or 2° 57′ 51″ westPopulation
7,660Elevation
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
9C3VH2VP+37OpenStreetMap ID
node 443853903OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
7292959Wikidata ID
Q4879677
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Beechwood” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Beechwood”
- Cebuano: “Beechwood (komunidad)”
- Cebuano: “Beechwood”
- Chinese: “Beechwood”
- French: “Beechwood”
- Irish: “Beechwood”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Beechwood”
- Swedish: “Beechwood (community)”
- Swedish: “Beechwood, Newport”
- Welsh: “Beechwood”
- Welsh: “Coed Ffawydd”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Beechwood House, attached forecourt wall and attached coach-house range and Beechwood Park.
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