Newport

Newport

Newport is surrounded by beautiful landscapes including the Wye Valley, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the undulating Vale of Usk, famous for its salmon fishing, the Brecon Beacons National Park and Forest of Dean – both less than an hour’s drive from Newport. In the city itself you can visit the Medieaval Newport Ship, found in the river Usk in 2002, and the famous Transporter Bridge (see above).

Take a look at the Newport 360 brochure to read about the places and people of Newport from a visitor’s perspective. 

Places to visit

Roman Caerleon

Transporter Bridge

Tredegar House

Newport Ship

Newport Museum and Art Gallery

Fourteen Locks Canal Centre

Newport Wetlands Reserve

Walk the Newport Explorer trail

Venues in this location

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Extreme Wales

White Castle

White Castle is the best preserved of the Three Castles, namely, White, Skenfrith and Grosmont. The heart of this castle is surrounded by powerful round towers.

The Three Castles are usually grouped together because for a large part of their history they were part of a block of territory under the control of a single lord, Hubert de Burgh.

Gwent Adventures

From the start of the 2015 season, Welsh Water will run the water sports tuition and equipment hire service, formerly known as Gwent Adventures, from the new Water Sports Centre. Terry Sculley owner and founder of Gwent Adventures is retiring and Welsh Water has bought Gwent Adventures’ equipment and name.

Chepstow Castle

Beautifully preserved Chepstow Castle is a history lesson in stone.

Pendarren House Outdoor Education Centre

Pendarren House Outdoor Education Centre is a large country house set in the Brecon Beacons National Park. It lies in the Grwyne valley between Table Mountain and Sugarloaf Mountain, and has stunning views across the Usk valley.

Gilwern Outdoor Education Centre

In addition to being located close to rivers, caves and mountains, the centres have many on site facilities including good standard accommodation, high ropes courses, indoor climbing and traversing wall, forest schools site, camping facilities, problem solving challenges and orienteering courses.

Gateway Training and Adventure

We believe in a personal touch and can plan courses specific to customer requirements. We select team leaders with appropriate skills to deliver your course to ensure that the participants achieve the maximum benefit from their experience.

Tintern Old Station

The site features a riverside walk and meadows, children's play area, picnic site with barbeques, tearoom, souvenir shop, tourist information and a secluded basic camp site. The signal box houses changing exhibitions from local artists and crafts people.

Magor Marsh

Our Education Centre at Magor Marsh is able to cater for groups of up to 32 children and for a variety of age ranges from pre-school and beyond, including teacher training days at all times of year! All our activities have been designed specifically for schools by qualified teachers and a teacher and forest school leader is available at the centre to discuss your individual requirements.

Llanmelin Wood Hillfort

Llanmelin is an Iron Age hillfort located just over a mile (2km) north-west of Caerwent Roman Town, between Newport and Chepstow. Traditionally, Llanmelin was thought to be the tribal centre of the Silures before the Romans arrived, but there is no strong evidence to support this idea.

Raglan Castle

Raglan, with its great multi-angular towers, handsome majesty and Tudor-styling, is unlike any other castle in Wales. 

Tintern Abbey

The appeal of this exceptional Cistercian abbey remains as enduring as ever.

Grosmont Castle

Unstaffed open site, no booking required

Newport Castle

Unstaffed open site, no booking required

Climb When Ready

Climbing and mountaineering  instruction and guiding from Alan Halewood. I am a passionate climber and mountaineer with extensive experience working and playing at home and abroad. I love being a Mountaineering Instructor and working with people of all levels of abilities.

Caerwent Roman Town

Remains of Roman civilian town, an archaeologist’s paradise!

Tribal capital of the Silures (Venta Silurum) - impressive fourth-century walls standing up to 17 feet (5.2m) high. Excavated houses, forum-basilica and a Romano-British temple also remain.

The West Gate barns area provides car parking, level access to toilet facilities and interpretation panels.

Caerleon Amphitheatre & Barracks

Famed in the Middle Ages as ‘King Arthur’s Round Table’, the amphitheatre at Caerleon was built to serve the Roman legionary fortress of Isca around AD 90. 

Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths

Frigidarium, tepidarium, caldarium and natatio. Sounds like one of Harry Potter’s spells! In fact, they describe the wide range of facilities on offer to the Second Augustan Legion and other residents at their state-of-the-art leisure complex. We are talking heated changing rooms, a series of cold and warm baths, covered exercise rooms and even an open-air swimming pool.

Newport Cathedral

Newport Cathedral is a busy, active and attractive Christian community and place of worship. It serves as a parish church, as well as the Cathedral for the Diocese of Monmouth; thus the Dean is also the vicar of the parish of St Woolos, and its daughter church, St Martins-in-the-Gaer.

There is a regular pattern of services, to which all are warmly welcomed.

Blaenavon Ironworks

Well preserved Ironworks with furnaces, casting house, dressed cottages & company shop

Captivated by the Coal House series? You’re not alone! The BBC television series, filmed on site, has attracted thousands of new visitors to witness how difficult life was for working families at Blaenavon Ironworks’ Stack Square cottages.

National Roman Legion Museum

Step back in time at the National Roman Legion Museum and explore life in a far-flung outpost of the mighty Roman Empire. Wales was the furthest outpost of the Roman Empire. In AD 75, the Romans built a fortress at Caerleon that would guard the region for over 200 years.

Groups

Pre-booked groups benefit from:

Winding House Museum

The Winding House Museum is a bold, glass-fronted structure that has been constructed around the former Elliot Colliery winding house

Coleg Gwent Usk Campus

Set in the historic town of Usk, our Usk Campus offers a wide range of courses which make the most of its beautiful rural location. Usk Campus is within easy reach of Monmouth Abergavenny, Caldicot, Chepstow, Magor, Pontypool and Newport, with excellent access to the M4 motorway

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