Newport - A home away from home.
After having lived in Spain for 12 years, I moved to Newport in South Wales in 2015. During my initial 5 years in Newport, I have tried to explore some of the many cultural aspects of this diverse City which form part of its turbulent history. On my arrival, the City had changed, over the span of only a few decades, from being an industrial hub to becoming a residential community based on retail business. Its success, in this aspect, was founded on the construction of a retail park, Spytty Park, and a brand-new shopping centre, Friars Walk. With Spytty Park being located some distance from the City centre the aspiration of accomplishment fell upon Friars Walk. With the present slump in retail commerce and the Covid 19 pandemic the outlook is hard to predict.
Newport Castle.
Mural by Newport Castle.
Monument in memory of the steel industry in Newport.
Friars Walk is going to be the new shopping centre in Newport. Building work has started.
The entrance to Friars Walk under construction.
Workers having a rest during the construction of Friars Walk.
View of the construction work in Friars Walk.
Inauguration of Friars Walk in 2015.
Newport receives the Freedom of the City in 2015.
The River Usk with Brookmead Apartments in the background.
The River Usk at Low tide.
Remains of an inlet for boats and ships by the River Usk.
Remains of a landing platform by the River Usk.
Newport High Street.
Market Arcade.
Newport Market.
Local butchers in Newport Market.
A man and his dog in Commercial Street.
St. Paul's Church in Commercial Street.
Commercial Road.
Irish club, now a shop for second hand clothes, in Pillqwenlly, Newport.
Interior of an Irish club in Pillqwenlly, Newport.
West of England Tavern in Pillqwenlly, Newport.
Lighthouse at the Wetlands in Newport,
View towards Bristol Channel from the Wetlands.
