Beechwood is a

community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...

(civil parish) and coterminous

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 t ...

(division) of the city of Newport. The community is bounded by the

River Usk The River Usk (; ) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (''y Mynydd Du''), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially forming the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys, it flows north int ...

to the north, Renoir Road, Beechwood Road, Chepstow Road and Windsor Road to the east, the

Great Western Main Line The Great Western Main Line (GWML) is a main line railway in England that runs between London Paddington and . It connects to other main lines such as those from Reading to Penzance and Swindon to Swansea. The GWML is presently a part of t ...

to the south, and Victoria Avenue, Norfolk Road, Avalon Drive, behind Reynolds Close, Badminton Road, and east of The Moorings to the west. The area contains, and is named after, Beechwood Park.

Governance

Since 1995 Beechwood has been a ward to Newport County Borough Council and

Newport City Council Newport City Council () is the governing body for Newport, one of the principal areas of Wales. It consists of 51 councillors, who represent the city's 20 wards. The council is currently, and has historically been, held by the Labour Party. ...

, electing three city councillors. The ward is coterminous with the community. The ward has elected Labour councillors, apart from 2004 to 2012 when the ward returned three Liberal Democrats. Though in September 2021 Labour councillor, Graham Berry, left Labour and joined the Conservative Party after he was not re-selected to stand for Labour at the May 2022 elections. Three Labour councillors were returned at the 2022 elections.

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Communities in Newport, Wales Wards of Newport, Wales {{Newport-geo-stub