Coedkernew () is a

community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...

in the south west of Newport,

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, in the Marshfield ward. The parish is bounded by Percoed

reen A rhyne (Somerset), rhine/rhyne (Gloucestershire), or reen (South Wales) (all pronounced "reen"; from Old English ''ryne'' or Welsh Language, Welsh ''rhewyn'' or ''rhewin'' "ditch") is a drainage ditch, or canal, used to turn areas of wetla ...

to the south, Nant-y-Selsig to the southwest, and Pound Hill to the west. The northern boundary is formed from Gwern-y-cleppa to junction 28 of the M4, then the A48 Cardiff Road. The eastern boundary is formed from the Ebbw River Bridge roundabout to the west of the International Rectifier plant, Duffryn Drive, along the southern edge of Tredegar House Country Park, Pencarn Lane and Percoed Lane. Despite being a rural parish to the south and west, the north and east has seen large increases in population in recent years due to the continued suburbanisation of Newport; it grew from 574 in 2001 to 2,187 in 2021. This built-up area of Coedkernew forms a crescent around Duffryn and as such, much of the newer private housing in the area actually falls within Coedkernew. This area contains the landmark Coedkernew footbridge over the A48,Coedkernew Footbridge:: OS grid ST2784 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland – photograph every grid square!
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s (Imperial Park, Celtic Springs and Cleppa Park), the

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, the

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Tredegar House Tredegar House (Welsh language, Welsh: ''Tŷ Tredegar'') is a 17th-century Charles II of England, Charles II-era mansion in Coedkernew, on the southwestern edge of Newport, Wales. For over five hundred years it was home to the Morgan family, late ...

, the Celtic Horizons estate, and St. Joseph's RC High School. The remains of a prehistoric burial chamber, believed to be neolithic, can be found at the northern boundary near Gwern-y-cleppa . Coedkernew is also considered to be one of the possible sites for early medieval activity in

Gwynllwg Gwynllŵg was a kingdom of Medieval Wales and later a Norman lordship and then a cantref. It is named after Gwynllyw, its 5th century and 6th century ruler. Location The place consists of coastal plain stretching between the Rhymney and Usk ...

, as well as a potential site for the church of Gwladys due to its proximity to the abandoned settlement of Pencarn.

Government

The area is governed by

Newport City Council Newport City Council () is the governing body for Newport, one of the principal areas of Wales. It consists of 51 councillors, who represent the city's 20 wards. The council is currently, and has historically been, held by the Labour Party. ...

and Coedkernew

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Gallery

File:Houses in Church Crescent, Coedkernew - geograph.org.uk - 1815985.jpg, Church Crescent, Coedkernew, with A48 footbridge File:Water feature (2), Celtic Springs Business Park - geograph.org.uk - 3553424.jpg, Lake feature, Celtic Springs Business Park File:House on the lane to Ty'n-y-Brwyn Farm - geograph.org.uk - 3007815.jpg, Ty'n-y-Brwyn Farm File:The Dragonfly name sign, Coedkernew - geograph.org.uk - 5103425.jpg, The Dragonfly pub File:The Cedar Garden, Tredegar House, Newport - geograph.org.uk - 5145282.jpg, Tredegar House Country Park File:The M4 motorway as seen from Tredegar House Country Park, Newport - geograph.org.uk - 5778717.jpg, The M4 motorway in Coedkernew

References

Communities in Newport, Wales {{Newport-geo-stub