Tredegar Park | |
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Location withinNewport | |
Population | 4,421 (2011 census)[1] |
OS grid reference | ST294852 |
Principal area | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | NEWPORT |
Postcode district | NP10 8 |
Dialling code | 01633 Maesglas exchange |
Police | Gwent |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
51°33′40″N3°01′11″W / 51.56124°N 3.01985°W /51.56124; -3.01985 ![]() Map of the community |
Tredegar Park (Welsh:Parc Tredegyr) is acommunity (civil parish) of the city ofNewport. It is named after thenearby park, although the community covers a much smaller area.
The community is bounded by theEbbw River to the northeast, theGreat Western Main Line to the east, Pencarn Lane to the south, and the grounds ofTredegar House to the northwest. It consists of the 1970sDuffryn estate and immediate surroundings. Many new private housing estates have been built around Duffryn.
Until 2022 Tredegar Park was the name of theelectoral ward coterminous with the community, surrounded by theMarshfield ward to the south, west and east.[2] The ward elected one city councillor toNewport City Council.[3] Following an electoral boundary review, the ward was merged with Marshfield, to becomeTredegar Park and Marshfield. Three councillors were elected at theMay 2022 election.[4]