Treetops Sporting Ground is a sporting

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ground located in

Coedkernew Coedkernew () is a community in the south west of Newport, Wales, in the Marshfield ward. The parish is bounded by Percoed reen to the south, Nant-y-Selsig to the southwest, and Pound Hill to the west. The northern boundary is formed from Gwer ...

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. It has facilities for

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owners. The grounds contain a large area set aside for

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, and is a venue for

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activities and birthday parties.

History

The ground's Cefn Llogell woodland site was part of

Lord Tredegar Baron Tredegar, of Tredegar in the County of Monmouth, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 16 April 1859 for the Welsh politician Sir Charles Morgan, 3rd Baronet, who had earlier represented Brecon in Parliamen ...

's estate and the Nant-y-Moor brook which runs through the wood feeds the large lake at

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 land was purchased from the farmer owner in the late 1980s by DJ Litt Firearms Ltd, a gun retailer based in

, with the intent of turning it into a clay shooting ground allowing gun customers to try out guns before purchasing them. One of the lakes on the land was constructed by Lord Tredegar as a header store of water to supply his estate. It is possible to see the

Second Severn Crossing The Prince of Wales Bridge (), previously the Second Severn Crossing () until July 2018, is the M4 motorway bridge over the River Severn between England and Wales, opened in 1996 to supplement the traffic capacity of the Severn Bridge built i ...

bridge from the entrance gate. Treetops sporting ground has recently changed names. Nant Y Moor Park will be opening its doors very soon.

Shooting ground

Treetops hosted local competitions between Cardiff, Bristol and Bath Universities' clay shooting clubs and the South West clay shooting league. The

Celtic Manor Resort Celtic Manor Resort is a golf, spa and leisure hotel and resort in the city of Newport, South East Wales. Owned by Sir Terry Matthews, the resort is located on the south-facing side of Christchurch Hill in eastern Newport, near Junction 24 o ...

in Newport, the host venue of the

2010 Ryder Cup The 38th Ryder Cup was held 1–4 October 2010 at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales. It was the 17th time the Ryder Cup had been staged in United Kingdom, Britain, but the first time in Wales. It was played on the newly constructed ''Tw ...

, used Treetops as its venue for clay shooting for its guests. Treetops hosted the Gwent leg of the National Police Shooting Competition in May 2010.

Awards

Treetops was voted best UK shooting school 2002 by Shooting Times and Sporting Gun magazines.

External links

Treetops Sporting GroundHalloway & Naughton Ryder Cup Commemorative ShotgunCeltic Manor Guest Activities
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