Newport - The Location
South Wales offers the advantages of three major cities all within easy commuting distance of each other. The city of Newport has excellent rail links to London and the rest of Britain, and is serviced with excellent motorway links to London and the Midlands – which will be further improved by the new M4 South of the city.
The following developments are taking place in Newport pre 2010:
- 3 shopping centres and 3 smaller retail schemes
- 12 office development schemes
- 3 industrial developments
- 18 residential developments and 4 hotel schemes
- 20 transport infrastructure projects – roads, bus stations, bridges, rail station, walk/cycle ways
- 1 university campus and other ‘Left Bank’ projects
- 2 hospitals and medi-park infrastructure
- 1 canal basin and marina
- 1 riverside park
- 10 other projects including land reclamation, river defences, landscaping and gateway projects
Newport has a population of 500,000 within a 20 minute drive time and 1.5 million within a 45 minute drive time.
