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A Halfords in Kirkstall, Leeds (2006). Halfords was founded by Frederick Rushbrooke, in Birmingham in 1892, as a wholesale ironmongery. [3] The company takes its name from Halford Street, named after the physician, Henry Halford, in Leicester, where Rushbrooke opened a store in 1902 and started selling cycling goods.
Halfords Autocentre is a car servicing and repair company in the United Kingdom, specialising in car servicing, MOT testing, brakes, tyres, Exhausts, and air conditioning services/repairs. As of 2018, there are 314 autocentres in the United Kingdom.
From Bridge Street, the two roads of High Street and Cambrian Road run in parallel towards Newport railway station. Joining the two roads is the covered Victorian Newport Arcade. At the western end of the arcade is the Cambrian Centre which is being redeveloped. [4] To the east of High Street is Newport Market, a Grade II-listed building.
Coleg Gwent City of Newport campus; Transport ... Rogerstone railway station; Major roads. A48 road; A449 road; A4042 road; ... Newport City footbridge; George Street ...
Notable buildings on Commercial Street were the Westgate Hotel [3] (now on what is called Westgate Square), Newport's Town Hall (1885 by T. M. Lockwood, [4] demolished when it was replaced by the 1940 Civic Centre), the Empire Theatre (which burnt down in the 1940s), [5] and several banks and large department stores.
The west pedestrian entrance is on Emlyn Street. The centre is a short walk from the high street shops of Commercial Street and High Street. Newport railway station is also a short walk away. The Kingsway car park on Emlyn Street has over 1000 spaces and the adjacent Friars Walk car park holds 350 cars, both accessed from the A4042 Kingsway.
A station of Gwent Police and a public library are located on Chepstow Road. A station of South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is also located in Maindee. The annual Maindee Festival and Parade, held each Summer since 1996, is a popular community arts event for all residents in Newport. The area is home to the former Maindee Pools.
High Street, Newport (2005), looking south Newport Market, High Street entrance and modern pedestrianisation (2014) High Street is the main historical street and the original main thoroughfare in the centre of Newport, South Wales. Nowadays it runs approximately 280m between Westgate Square and the Old Green Interchange (facing Newport Castle).