Castleton, Newport

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Castleton
Welsh: Cas-bach
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Castleton Baptist Church
Castleton is located in Newport, Wales
Castleton
Castleton
 Castleton shown within Newport
OS grid reference ST253835
Principal area Newport
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CARDIFF
Postcode district CF3
Dialling code 01633
Police Gwent
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament Newport West
Welsh Assembly Newport West
List of places
UK
Wales
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Castleton (Welsh: Cas-bach) is a small hamlet in the city of Newport, South Wales.

Location

Castleton is located in the Marshfield ward, an affluent region to the west of the city of Newport, also near St Mellons. The A48 dual carriageway is the main road through the hamlet.

Amenities

Castleton has a large, prominent Baptist chapel. It was at the Castleton Baptist Association meeting in 1816 that it was resolved to build the first Welsh Baptist Chapel in Newport, and the land then acquired in Charles Street, with the help of a bequest from John Williams, a Newport tailor.[1]

Across the road, is a pub / restaurant, the Coach and Horses, on the A48.

Transport

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A48 dual carriageway passing through Castleton

The A48 dual carriageway is the main road through the hamlet. The A48(M) motorway passes close to the north of the village. There are no motorway junctions on this short link between (M4) Junction 29 and Junction 29A at St Mellons.

The Great Western Railway station at nearby Marshfield acted as a rail connection, eastwards to Newport and onwards through the Severn Tunnel, terminating at London Paddington, and westwards to Cardiff and Fishguard and Goodwick. Now closed since 1959, [2] even long before The Beeching Report of March 1963 took effect, the nearest rail stations are in central Newport and Rogerstone.

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