Tredegar House (Welsh: Tŷ Tredegar) is a 17th-century Charles II-era mansion on the southwestern edge of Newport, Wales. For over five hundred years it was home to the Morgan family, later Lords Tredegar; one of the most powerful and influential families in the area. Described as, “the grandest and most exuberant country house in Monmouthshire” […]
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The Newport Transporter Bridge (Welsh: Pont Gludo Casnewydd) is a transporter bridge that crosses the River Usk in Newport, South East Wales. The bridge is the lowest crossing on the River Usk. It is a Grade I listed structure. It is one of fewer than ten transporter bridges that remain used worldwide; only a few […]
The most likely construction date of the ship is immediately after the winter of 1457/8. This date was obtained by oxygen isotope dendrochronology. An earlier standard dendrochronology study (measuring the width of annual growth rings) has given most of the timbers a likely felling date of 1449. This earlier study identified the Basque region of […]
The Newport Ship is a mid-fifteenth-century sailing vessel discovered by archaeologists in June 2002 in Newport, South East Wales. It was found on the west bank of the River Usk, which runs through the city centre, during the building of the Riverfront Arts Centre, from which it sustained some damage. The official name of the […]
Cardiff Bay (Welsh: Bae Caerdydd; colloquially “The Bay”) is an area and freshwater lake in Cardiff, Wales. The site of a former tidal bay and estuary is the river mouth of the River Taff and Ely. The body of water was converted into a 500-acre (2.0 km2) lake as part of a UK Government redevelopment […]
Buses have been used as a mode of public transport in London since 1829 when George Shillibeer started operating a horse-drawn omnibus service from Paddington to the City of London. The red London bus has become a city symbol in the decades since its introduction. As of 2023, London has 675 bus routes served by […]