Graving Dock
Graving Dock is a dock in Pillgwenlly, Newport, Wales. Graving Dock is situated nearby to North Lock, as well as near Newport Docks.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Newport Docks and St Michael’s Church, Pillgwenlly.
Newport Docks
Photo: Martin Ridley, Public domain.
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. Newport Docks is situated 1,600 feet south of Graving Dock.
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 1 mile north of Graving Dock.
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 1 mile northeast of Graving Dock.
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.
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 1½ miles northeast of Graving Dock.
Graving Dock
- Type: Body of water
- Category: dock
- Location: Pillgwenlly, Newport, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.56426° or 51° 33′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.98441° or 2° 59′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C3VH278+P6OpenStreetMap ID
way 58762965OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dock
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