Peterstone
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  Peterstone Location withinNewport | |
| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CARDIFF |
| Postcode district | CF3 |
| Dialling code | 01633 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
| 51°30′57″N3°03′23″W / 51.51596°N 3.05631°W /51.51596; -3.05631 | |
Peterstone orPeterstone Wentlooge (Welsh:Llanbedr Gwynllŵg) is a smallvillage to the south west of thecity ofNewport,South Wales.
Peterstone Wentlooge lies six miles to the west of Newport city centre and 7½ miles east ofCardiff city centre.
It lies in the communityparish ofWentloog andelectoral ward ofMarshfield.
Like most of the settlements on theWentlooge Level it lies on land reclaimed from theBristol Channel[1]. Peterstone itself lies right against thesea wall[2],[3] and[4].
The former parish church,St Peter's is now a private house.[5].
The localpub, the Six Bells[6], closed in 2018.[1]
The village became the focal point of press attention in 2004 asMark Roberts had previously bought theLord of the Manor title and then went to charge villagers excessive fees to cross what had always been used freely as their own land. Matters were raised in parliament and were debated with a reply on the subject from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs acknowledging 'need for reform of the remnants of feudal and manorial law'.[2]
