30 Nov
Aluminium windows
Cardiff - CF14
Enquiry from: Sunil P
Start Date: Less than one month
Property: semi detached
Newport
Newport is a city and also unitary authority location in south east Wales, on the River Usk close to its assemblage with the Severn Tidewater, 12 miles (19 km) 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 because middle ages times, when the very first Newport Castle was constructed by the Normans. The town grew out of the earlier Roman community of Caerleon, instantly upstream, and acquired its first charter in 1314. It expanded significantly in the 19th century, when its port became the focus of coal exports from the eastern South Wales Valleys. Until the increase of Cardiff from the 1850s, Newport was Wales' largest coal-exporting port. Newport was the site of the last large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Increasing of 1839 led by the Chartists. This was led by the Chartist John Frost which led to the re-branding of the Duffryn High School into John Frost School. In the 20th century, the docks decreased in importance, yet Newport stayed a vital manufacturing as well as design centre. It was provided city status in 2002. Newport hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010 and was the place for the 2014 NATO summit.
