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Ridgeway is a predominantly middle class area in Newport, Gwent. Alongside the neighbouring Alt-yr-yn and has historically been a highly sought after area of Newport due to its catchment proximity of schools such as Glasllwch Primary, which has an Estyn “Excellent” rating, [ 1 ] and up until its move in 2009, the independent Rougemont School .
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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).
It is adjoining Newport Museum, Art Gallery and Central Library and it is close to Newport bus station. [1] Kingsway Centre underwent a refurbishment and extension during 2007 and 2008. [2] In October 2014 the centre was bought by Bywater Properties and Queensberry Real Estate, the developers of Friars Walk. [3]
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.
High Cross is a suburb of the city of Newport, Wales, and forms part of the community (parish) of Rogerstone.. The majority of the housing in the area was built in the 1930s on land formerly owned by the Tredegar Estate (the Morgans of Tredegar House) which at the time was outside the boundaries of the county borough of Newport.
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.