Window Blinds in Newport

Newport

Newport is a city and unitary authority location in south eastern Wales, on the River Usk close to its assemblage with the Severn Estuary, 12 miles (19 kilometres) northeast of Cardiff. At the 2011 census, it was the third largest city in Wales, with a population of 145,700. The city forms part of the Cardiff-Newport city, with a population of 1,097. Newport has been a port considering that medieval times, when the first Newport Castle was constructed by the Normans. The town outgrew the earlier Roman community of Caerleon, quickly upstream, as well as got its first charter in 1314. It expanded dramatically in the 19th century, when its port became the focus of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Till the surge of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' biggest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Climbing of 1839 led by the Chartists. This was led by the Chartist John Frost which brought about the re-branding of the Duffryn High School into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the anchors decreased in significance, however Newport continued to be an essential manufacturing and design centre. It was provided city standing in 2002. Newport hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010 and also was the venue for the 2014 NATO summit.