Newport Docks
Newport Docks is the collective name for a group of docks in the city of Newport, south-east Wales. By the eighteenth century there were a number of wharves on the west shore of the River Usk; iron and coal were the principal outward traffic.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.
- Type: Industry
- Description: Sea-port in south east Wales
- Also known as: “A(N&SW)D&R” and “Alexandra (Newport and South Wales) Docks and Railway”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Michael’s Church, Pillgwenlly and City Bridge.
St Michael’s Church, Pillgwenlly
Church
Photo: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Michael's is a Roman Catholic church in Pillgwenlly in Newport, Wales. It located at the corner of Clarence Street and St Michael Street. St Michael's has been Grade II listed since January 1997. St Michael’s Church, Pillgwenlly is situated 1¼ miles north of Newport Docks.
City Bridge
Bridge
City Bridge is a crossing of the River Usk, for motor vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians, in the city of Newport, South Wales. It was opened in 2004 as part of the construction/re-generation of the Southern Distributor Road/A48 in Newport. City Bridge is situated 1¼ miles north of Newport Docks.
Uskmouth power stations
Photo: Mrjohncummings, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Uskmouth power stations refers to a series of two coal-fired power stations at the mouth of the River Usk in the south-east of Newport, Wales. The first of the two stations, Uskmouth A power station, was built in the 1940s and demolished in 2002. Uskmouth power stations is situated 1 mile southeast of Newport Docks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maesglas and Duffryn.
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.
Duffryn
Suburb
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 west of Newport Docks.
Somerton
Suburb
Somerton is an area in the south-east of Newport. The northern half of the area is located in the Alway ward with the southern half in the Lliswerry ward – The two halves being separated by the South Wales Main Line. Somerton is situated 2 miles northeast of Newport Docks.
Newport Docks
- Category: port
- Location: Pillgwenlly, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.55978° or 51° 33′ 35″ northLongitude
-2.98345° or 2° 59′ 0″ westOpen location code
9C3VH258+WJOpenStreetMap ID
way 434881489OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q7018845
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In Other Languages
“Newport Docks” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Dociau Casnewydd”
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Highlights include East Lock and North Lock.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Newport Docks”. Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.