Tredegar Park ( cy, Parc Tredegyr) is a

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...

(civil parish) of the city of

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. It is named after the nearby park, although the community covers a much smaller area.

Description

The community is bounded by the Ebbw River to the northeast, the

Great Western Main Line The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs westwards from London Paddington to . It connects to other main lines such as those from Reading to Penzance and Swindon to Swansea. Opened in 1841, it was the or ...

to the east, Pencarn Lane to the south, and the grounds of

Tredegar House Tredegar House (Welsh: ''Tŷ Tredegar'') is a 17th-century Charles II-era mansion on the southwestern edge of Newport, Wales. For over five hundred years it was home to the Morgan family, later Lords Tredegar; one of the most powerful and influe ...

to the northwest. It consists of the 1970s

Duffryn Duffryn ( cy, Dyffryn) is a large housing estatebr>in the southwest of the city of Newport, Wales, Newport, south Wales comprising a large portion of the Tredegar Park electoral district (ward). Built on land belonging to Tredegar Housebr> it ...

estate and immediate surroundings. Many new private housing estates have been built around Duffryn.

Governance

Until 2022 Tredegar Park was the name of the

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...

coterminous with the community, surrounded by the Marshfield ward to the south, west and east. The ward elected one city councillor to Newport City Council. Following an electoral boundary review, the ward was merged with Marshfield, to become

Tredegar Park and Marshfield Tredegar Park and Marshfield is an electoral ward for Newport City Council in south Wales. It was created in 2022 by combining the former wards of Tredegar Park and Marshfield. It is represented by three city councillors. Description The Tredegar P ...

. Three councillors were elected at the May 2022 election.

References

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{{City of Newport Communities in Newport, Wales Former wards of Newport, Wales