Duffryn () is a large

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in the southwest of the city of Newport, south

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comprising a large portion of the Tredegar Park electoral district (ward). Built on land belonging to

Tredegar House Tredegar House (Welsh language, Welsh: ''Tŷ Tredegar'') is a 17th-century Charles II of England, Charles II-era mansion in Coedkernew, on the southwestern edge of Newport, Wales. For over five hundred years it was home to the Morgan family, late ...

, it was completed in 1978 and at the time won several awards for its design. The layout of the estate, as viewed from above, is that of long, curved terraces undulating around a central wooded area. Originally a

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, Duffryn is now a mix of private ownership and Newport City Homes RSL (Registered Social Landlord) properties. The design of the estate is the result of a council competition. It was won by a consortium committed to the theories of planning devised in the architecture department of

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in the 1960s. The District Amenities Centre that was planned for the south-west corner of the 96-acre site was never built, so the plan of a largely self-sufficient community was not realised. Despite the relative recent development of the estate, the name Duffryn is an ancient name for the wider

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of the ancient parish of

Bassaleg Bassaleg () is a village on the west side of Newport, Wales, Newport, Wales. It is in the Graig, Newport, Graig electoral ward and Community (Wales), community. Bassaleg is located northwest of Newport city centre. It is bounded by the A467 road ...

. There are three secondary schools in Duffryn: John Frost School, St. Joseph's RC High School and the Welsh-medium Ysgol Gyfun Gwent Is Coed. In 2006, John Frost School (known then as Duffryn High School) was the filming location of the

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episode '' School Reunion'', filmed in late-summer 2005. The majority of the estate is heated by a

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system which is fuelled by

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References

External links

Duffryn on A Vision of Britain
* Districts of Newport, Wales Populated places established in the 1960s {{Newport-geo-stub