Newport Coast Path The Coast Path of Wales is 870 miles. Wentwood The Newport Coast Path A4042 Section is 23 miles/ 32km of this. A4051 Caerleon A48 M4 M4 A4048 Fourteen Points of Interest Locks Redwick Whitson Goldcliff Sea Wall & Priory Newport Ship Waterloo Hotel Wetlands Nature Reserve & Bistro The East Usk Lighthouse The Wetlands Centre A48 Great Traston Tredegar House Meadows Reserve The Docks B4239 The Newport Transporter Bridge The City Bridge (SDR) The Newport City Rose Inn Footbridge Waterloo Inn Riverfront Arts Centre Wetlands Centre Steel Wave Farmer’s Arms Newport Castle Tredegar House Sea Wall Tearooms, The West Usk Lighthouse Goldcliff The Gout at Peterstone Inn at The Elm Tree Tourist Information Centre Peterstone Church B4239 Food & Drink Lighthouse Pub, St Brides Ty Coch Camping Accommodation & Caravanning Newport Coast Path Route Camping & Caravan site Sirhowy Valley Walk Public house Sirhowy Valley Walk link (under construction) Parking (free) (paid) The Six Bells Inn Miles 0 0.5 1 Usk Valley Walk Forest areas 0 0.5 1 Usk Valley Walk link (under construction) Kilometres Urban areas Newport Boundary Transporter Bridge crossing Gwent Levels (SSSI*) Let’s Walk Newport River Usk (SSSI*) www.newport.gov.uk/countryside * Site of Special When walking, refer to the OS Map 152 Newport & Pontypool Scientific Interest In case of enquiry regarding content or photography please contact: 01633 656656. 01633 contact: please photography or content regarding enquiry of case In booklet. this in featured are that interest of points or walk the to changes any for All information is deemed correct at the time of print. We can not be held responsible responsible held be not can We print. of time the at correct deemed is information All has been a bed and breakfast. and bed a been has decommissioned. Since 1989 The West Usk Lighthouse Lighthouse Usk West The 1989 Since decommissioned. lighthouse warning ships until 1922 when it was was it when 1922 until ships warning lighthouse the land around it was reclaimed. It was a working working a was It reclaimed. was it around land the lighthouse was on its own island up until 1856 when when 1856 until up island own its on was lighthouse Fourteen Locks Circular Walk Circular Locks Fourteen 1 Newport Walk Let’s Walker. It was the first of 22 lighthouses he built. The The built. he lighthouses 22 of first the was It Walker. Channel Flood of 1607. of Flood Channel There are plans to link both walks to the Coast Path. Coast the to walks both link to plans are There to refer or www.fourteenlocks.co.uk visit Brides. It was built in 1821 by Scottish architect, James James architect, Scottish by 1821 in built was It Brides. a refuge for local folks sheltering from the Bristol Bristol the from sheltering folks local for refuge a information, more and times opening For The West Usk Lighthouse is on the sea wall south of St St of south wall sea the on is Lighthouse Usk West The farms and urban fringe. urban and farms 15th Century church. It is thought to have provided provided have to thought is It church. Century 15th significant and impressive in the country. country. the in impressive and significant The West Usk Lighthouse Usk West The spectacular mountain scenery, upland and lowland lowland and upland scenery, mountain spectacular private home though it still looks like an impressive impressive an like looks still it though home private of locks in a small area, it becomes one of the most most the of one becomes it area, small a in locks of at Tredegar House in Newport. It passes through through passes It Newport. in House Tredegar at St Peter’s Church at Peterstone Wentloog is now a a now is Wentloog Peterstone at Church Peter’s St in Britain, and when combined with the sheer number number sheer the with combined when and Britain, in starting at Sirhowy (near Tredegar) and finishing finishing and Tredegar) (near Sirhowy at starting Peterstone Church Church Peterstone 160 ft in just 800 yards. This is one of the steepest rises rises steepest the of one is This yards. 800 just in ft 160 A 26 mile (42km) walk walk (42km) mile 26 A Walk Valley Sirhowy The that raised the water level of the Monmouthshire Canal Canal Monmouthshire the of level water the raised that of the 18th Century. Dadford created a flight of locks locks of flight a created Dadford Century. 18th the of will take an average of 4 days to complete. to days 4 of average an take will engineering feat of Thomas Dadford in the last years years last the in Dadford Thomas of feat engineering Caerleon and Brecon through the beautiful Vale of Usk Usk of Vale beautiful the through Brecon and Caerleon sea until the next high tide. high next the until sea The Fourteen Locks Canal Centre celebrates the the celebrates Centre Canal Locks Fourteen The A 48 mile (77km) walk between between walk (77km) mile 48 A Walk Valley Usk The then pushes the flap open again – draining out to the the to out draining – again open flap the pushes then turns and goes back out. The weight of the fresh water water fresh the of weight The out. back goes and turns Fourteen Locks Locks Fourteen Other Walks Other the wall builds up temporarily in the reens until the tide tide the until reens the in temporarily up builds wall the flap and closes it. The fresh water on the other side of of side other the on water fresh The it. closes and flap Lodge Hill Circular Walk Circular Hill Lodge 5 Newport Walk Let’s comes in, the incoming seawater pushes against the the against pushes seawater incoming the in, comes to refer or www.newport.gov.uk/visiting visit at low tide via a flap and out to the sea. When the tide tide the When sea. the to out and flap a via tide low at information, more and times opening For from the ditches and reens goes through the sea wall wall sea the through goes reens and ditches the from Camelot. Arthur’s King of location the be the house. the used by the Romans nearly 2000 years ago. Fresh water water Fresh ago. years 2000 nearly Romans the by used pool and a gymnasium. Some people believe Caerleon to to Caerleon believe people Some gymnasium. a and pool More visitors than ever can now enjoy the splendour of of splendour the enjoy now can ever than visitors More The gout is a simple tidal flap system similar to that that to similar system flap tidal simple a is gout The leisure centre complete with heated changing rooms, a a rooms, changing heated with complete centre leisure of the building, as well as of the gardens and parkland. parkland. and gardens the of as well as building, the of The Gout at Peterstone at Gout The fortress baths which would have been the legionnaires’ legionnaires’ the been have would which baths fortress Recently the National Trust took on the management management the on took Trust National the Recently remains of Roman barrack buildings and remnants of of remnants and buildings barrack Roman of remains building material. building – 6,000 spectators; spectators; 6,000 – Bristol Channel. Bristol 1672 in red brick, at that time a rare and expensive expensive and rare a time that at brick, red in 1672 seat the whole legion legion whole the seat course and stunning views of the reservoir and of the the of and reservoir the of views stunning and course and 1664 between rebuilt substantially was it stone, of which once could could once which areas, BBQ facilities, a children’s play area, an assault assault an area, play children’s a facilities, BBQ areas, today dates from the late 15th Century. Originally built built Originally Century. 15th late the from dates today the amphitheatre amphitheatre the that it’s almost impossible to get lost. There are picnic picnic are There lost. get to impossible almost it’s that from 1402, but the oldest part of the building we see see we building the of part oldest the but 1402, from of the fortress wall; wall; fortress the of cycling trails of various lengths are well signposted so so signposted well are lengths various of trails cycling The Morgan family lived on the site of Tredegar House House Tredegar of site the on lived family Morgan The Coast Path Coast sections are: survives than 130 species of birds. Walks, bridal paths and and paths bridal Walks, birds. of species 130 than from AD75. What What AD75. from dormouse, adders, lizards and wood ant as well more more well as ant wood and lizards adders, dormouse, listed building and is set in its own beautiful 90 acre park. acre 90 beautiful own its in set is and building listed occupied Caerleon Caerleon occupied www.newport.gov.uk/visiting spanning more than 1000 years. It’s home to deer, deer, to home It’s years. 1000 than more spanning century mansions in the whole of Britain. It’s a Grade I I Grade a It’s Britain. of whole the in mansions century Augustan Legion Legion Augustan hectares of continuous woodland and a history history a and woodland continuous of hectares House is also one of the most significant late 17th- late significant most the of one also is House Newport Roman Second The Wentwood is the largest forest in Wales with a 1000 1000 a with Wales in forest largest the is Wentwood One of the architectural wonders of Wales, Tredegar Tredegar Wales, of wonders architectural the of One Tredegar House Tredegar Wentwood Caerleon West Usk Lighthouse to the Wentloog Levels Wentloog the to Lighthouse Usk West Sites of interest around Newport around interest of Sites From Redwick to Nash The Docks and Uskmouth The East Usk Lighthouse Redwick Goldcliff Sea Wall and Priory The Docks The City Bridge (SDR) Steel Wave by Peter Fink Redwick is the Giraldus Cambrensis, who toured Wales in 1188, The East Usk Lighthouse is one of two lighthouses on Stands on the best-preserved described Gouldclyffe in Latin as ‘glittering with a either side of the River Usk at the Severn Estuary.