Gaer
Gaer is a community and electoral district of the city of Newport, South Wales. The ward includes both the Gaer and Maesglas estates but does not include Ebbw Bridge.- Type: Suburb with 8,980 residents
- Description: community and suburb in Newport, Wales
- Also known as: “Gaer, Newport”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Newport Railway Station and Newport Cathedral.
Newport Railway Station
Railway station
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.
Newport Cathedral
Church
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.
Riverfront Arts Centre
Arts center
The Riverfront is the principal and newest theatre and arts centre in the City of Newport. It is located on the west bank of the River Usk on the Bristol Packet Wharf in the city centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maindee and Bettws.
Maindee
Suburb
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
Bettws is a large modern housing estate, electoral ward and coterminous community of the city of Newport, South Wales. Bettws is situated 2½ miles north of Gaer.
Crindau
Suburb
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.
Gaer
- Categories: community and locality
- Location: Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.576° or 51° 34′ 34″ north
Longitude
-3.0146° or 3° 0′ 53″ west
Population
8,980
Elevation
151 feet (46 metres)
Open location code
9C3RHXGP+C5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Gaer” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gaer”
- Bengali: “গেয়ার”
- Catalan: “Y Gaer”
- Cebuano: “Gaer”
- Chinese: “Gaer”
- Chinese: “盖尔”
- Chinese: “蓋爾”
- Cornish: “Y Gaer”
- Dutch: “Y Gaer”
- French: “Gaer”
- German: “Gaer”
- Gujarati: “ગાએર”
- Irish: “Y Gaer”
- Japanese: “ゲイアー”
- Kannada: “ಗೇರ್”
- Korean: “게어”
- Lithuanian: “Gaeras”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gaer”
- Portuguese: “Gaer”
- Russian: “Гаер”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Y Gaer”
- Spanish: “Gaer”
- Swedish: “Gaer”
- Tamil: “கெர்”
- Telugu: “గేర్”
- Urdu: “جایر”
- Welsh: “Y Gaer, Casnewydd”
- Welsh: “Y Gaer”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gaer Primary School and Ysgol Bryn Derw.
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