West Usk Lighthouse
West Usk Lighthouse is a Grade II-listed building on the Severn Estuary at the mouth of the River Usk south of the city of Newport, South Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include East Usk Lighthouse and Tredegar House Country Park.
East Usk Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Newport Wetlands is a wildlife reserve covering parts of Uskmouth, Nash and Goldcliff, in the south-east of the city of Newport, South Wales. East Usk Lighthouse is situated 1¼ miles east of West Usk Lighthouse.
Tredegar House Country Park
Park
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Tredegar Park is a 90-acre country park situated in the Coedkernew area of Newport, Wales. It lies close to junction 28 of the M4 motorway connecting London and West Wales. Tredegar House Country Park is situated 2 miles northwest of West Usk Lighthouse.
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. John Frost School is situated 1½ miles northwest of West Usk Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Brides Wentloog and Duffryn.
St Brides Wentloog
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Brides Wentloog is a hamlet to the south west of the city of Newport in South Wales.
Duffryn
Suburb
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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. Duffryn is situated 1½ miles northwest of West Usk Lighthouse.
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 2 miles north of West Usk Lighthouse.
West Usk Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse on the Severn Estuary, at Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Wentlooge, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.54062° or 51° 32′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.99467° or 2° 59′ 41″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9C3VG2R4+64OpenStreetMap ID
node 548143136OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“West Usk Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de West Usk”
- French: “Phare de West Usk”
- Japanese: “西ウスク灯台”
- Welsh: “Goleudy Gorllewin Wysg”
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