Places to see in ( Newport - UK )
Places to see in ( Newport - UK )
Newport is a cathedral and university city and unitary authority area in south east Wales. Newport is located on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, approximately 12 miles northeast of Cardiff.
Newport has been a port since medieval times, when the first Newport Castle was built by the Normans. The town outgrew the earlier Roman town of Caerleon, immediately upstream, and gained its first charter in 1314. It grew significantly in the 19th century, when its port became the focus of coal exports from the eastern valleys of South Wales. Until the rise of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest coal-exporting port. It was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Rising of 1839 led by the Chartists.
During the 20th century, when the docks declined in importance, Newport remained an important manufacturing and engineering centre. Newport was granted city status in 2002. Newport hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010. The city was the venue for the 2014 NATO summit. Newport is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. The City of Newport, which includes some surrounding rural areas as well as the built up area, is governed by Newport City Council.
The M4 motorway comes within a mile (1.6 km) of the city centre, and Newport can be accessed from six junctions (from 24–28 inclusive). The Great Western main railway line also passes through the heart of the city, stopping at Newport railway station. Newport is well linked with nearby Cardiff, with approximately six rail and five bus services between the cities every hour. The Old Green Interchange is an elevated roundabout over the A4042 (Heidenheim Drive) at the western end of Newport Bridge. Newport's pedestrianised High Street runs southwest from the interchange through Westgate Square to the pedestrianised Commercial Street. Queensway passes Newport railway station and links the Old Green Interchange to Newport Civic Centre via Clytha Park Road.
Alot to see in ( Newport - UK ) such as :
Tredegar House
Newport Transporter Bridge
Newport Museum
Belle Vue Park
Newport Market
Newport Cathedral
Beechwood Park, Newport
National Roman Legion Museum
Caerleon Roman Fortress and Baths
Tredegar House Country Park
Newport Castle
Fourteen Locks
Caerleon Amphitheatre
Magor Marsh
Twmbarlwm
Ruperra Castle
Sirhowy Valley Country Park
Waunfawr Park
Newport Medieval Ship
Llandegfedd Reservoir
Pencoed Castle
Risca Riverside Leisure
Twmbarlwm
Cwmcarn Forest
East Usk Lighthouse
( Newport - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Newport . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Newport - UK
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CWMCARN FOREST🌳 WALES🏴 EXPERIENCE A DRIVE AROUND THE SPECTACULAR CWMCARN FOREST DRIVE.
ESCAPE TO NATURE
Just a 10-minute drive from Junction 28 of the M4, you can head for the hills and experience a drive around the spectacular Cwmcarn Forest.
From thrilling adventures to tranquil overnight stays, Cwmcarn Forest is close enough to retreat to yet feels like a million miles away. Gear up or wind down, the choice is yours; choose from adrenaline fuelled mountain bike trails and water activities or enjoy a stroll around one of the many walking trails and grab a cuppa at the takeaway service in Raven’s Café.
Forest Drive Cwm Carn, Abercarn Wales. Classic Mini fun for kids Mountain Bike Trails for the brave
Take a brief look at Forest Drive and Cwm Carn in the Ebbw Valley South Wales with plenty of fun for the kids, walks for the fit, Mountain Bike trails for the brave and sitting areas for the elderly.
The Cambrian Way: Machen to Risca 2 October 2019
A very short 3 mile section of the Cambrian Way long distance footpath between Machen and Risca in South Wales. This walk goes over the 1188 ft. high hill of Mynydd Machen which is the first significant climb on the Cambrian Way when coming from the start of the Way at Cardiff. The walk took place in great weather on Wednesday 2 October 2019.
Views of the locality.....Crosskeys and Risca.
Various pictures around Crosskeys and Risca, South Wales UK. Dec 2017.
Rails in Wales. Ebbw Vale Track laying, 60093/66221 in 2006
Part two at Ebbw Vale unloading the track. 66221 returns with its train down the valley with high views of interesting passing points. 60093 follows light engine. Also I've added the family who were interested in my being there; where is he now 17 years later ??
St Lukes church, Abercarn
Monmouthshire Walking Festival
Walking the length and breadth of Monmouthshire in preparation for the county's first Walking Festival in October, 2010.
Anglesey Barracks - an abandoned street of houses in Snowdonia
Erin the archaeologist visits Anglesey Barracks - an abandoned street of houses in Snowdonia. An abandoned row of quarry workers' cottages (many of them from Anglesey, from where it was too far to commute every day, so they lodged here during the week) at what was the second largest quarry in the world in Llanberis, near Yr Wyddfa / Snowdon. Erin follows a circular walk to visit parts of the quarry, explore the houses and their features, and ends her walk at the National Slate Museum near Llyn Padarn lake
Mynydd Machen
The above link shows a 360 degree panoramic film taken from the trig point on Mynydd Machen. It begins looking south west towards Cardiff. The film then rotates clockwise around the trig point, looking west across the ridges of the South Wales valleys, then north, again with Pen y Fan in the distance and east (the view towards the Severn Bridges slightly obscurred by the beautiful communications masts) then south over Newport, Cardiff and the Bristol Channel. The hill is also one of the peaks visited on the Save Our Cardiff Reservoirs Walk on the 4th May 2013.
New Adventure Travel YN13GDE Emergency Railway replacement Newbridge - Cardiff Central
New Adventure Travel YN13GDE filmed on emergency railway replacement service between Newbridge & Cardiff Central
DJI Phantom 3 Pro drone - Lake District - Honister, Buttermere
This video is a combination of video footage taken using Phantom 3 Professional 4K drone, Sony HVR Z5E broadcast quality video camera mounted on a tripod, Lumix FZ72 camera and Nikon 5100 DSLR
It is my intention to go back and film the Pass three ways: full length (1.5miles / 2.4km) with the drone the stream and full length using a Gopro Black Hero 9 in the car and one mounted near to the n/s front wheel arch so there is a 'close to the road' view.
Honister Pass is a mountain pass in the English Lake District. It is located on the B5289 road, linking Seatoller, in the valley of Borrowdale, to Gatesgarth at the southern end of Buttermere. The pass reaches an altitude of 1,167 feet (356 m), making it one of the highest in the region, and also one of the steepest, with gradients of up to 1-in-4 (25%). The saddle at the watershed is known as Honister Hause, using the Cumbrian word hause for such a feature.
Honister Pass is one of three passes that link the tourist area around Keswick, including Derwent Water and Borrowdale, with the valley of the River Cocker, including the lakes of Buttermere, Crummock Water and Loweswater. From north to south these passes are Whinlatter Pass, Newlands Pass and Honister Pass.
Honister Slate Mine and Honister Hause Youth Hostel are located at the summit of the pass.
Footpaths lead from the summit of the pass to Fleetwith Pike to the west, Grey Knotts to the south, and Dale Head to the north.
Honister Pass holds the UK 24-hour rainfall record; in the 24 hours to 6 pm on 5 December 2015, 341.4 mm of rain fell there.
Axe Edge & Thatch Marsh Colliery
A colliery near Buxton in the early 1960s, modelled in EM by Dan Wright. Filmed by Paul Burkitt-Gray at Epsom Model Railway Exhibition 2011.
Western Valley Railway
Steam railway running between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth. We visited Bridgnorth station on 12/09/2015.
A4810 - From M4 Toll Booth via A4810 to Junction 24 (coldra) part 2
Newport, Gwent , Wales