Bettws, Newport

Bettws is an electoral ward and coterminous community of the city of Newport, South Wales. It is one of the largest modern housing estates in Europe. The ward is bounded by Malpas to the east, the city boundary with Torfaen to the north, Rogerstone to the west, and the M4 motorway and Allt-yr-yn to the south. It is linked to Newport by bus routes 15 and 16. The estate was built around the 17th St. David's church in Bettws, which is the likely origin of the name 'Bettws', a place of prayer or private chapel. St David's is a grade two listed building and is currently in need of a £40, 000 renovation. John Frost, who led Chartist protests in Newport for universal suffrage in the 1830s, is alleged to have married at the church. The housing estate was built in the 1960s, and the large majority of houses are identical in plan and design. The roads in the estate are all named after rivers. 51. 8% of housing is privately owned, and 42. 6% is rented from either the Newport City Council or local housing associations, such as Charter Housing.

Bettws is an electoral ward and coterminous community of the city of Newport, South Wales. It is one of the largest modern housing estates in Europe. The ward is bounded by Malpas to the east, the city boundary with Torfaen to the north, Rogerstone to the west, and the M4 motorway and Allt-yr-yn to the south. It is linked to Newport by bus routes 15 and 16. The estate was built around the 17th St. David's church in Bettws, which is the likely origin of the name 'Bettws', a place of prayer or private chapel. St David's is a grade two listed building and is currently in need of a £40, 000 renovation. John Frost, who led Chartist protests in Newport for universal suffrage in the 1830s, is alleged to have married at the church. The housing estate was built in the 1960s, and the large majority of houses are identical in plan and design. The roads in the estate are all named after rivers. 51. 8% of housing is privately owned, and 42. 6% is rented from either the Newport City Council or local housing associations, such as Charter Housing.