Llanwern

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title: "Llanwern" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communities-in-newport,-wales", "villages-in-newport,-wales"] description: "Village and community in Wales" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanwern" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and community in Wales ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Llanwern
country	Wales
static_image_name	Church of St Mary, Llanwern - geograph.org.uk - 1449730.jpg
static_image_width	250
static_image_caption	St Mary's Church
population	2,961
population_ref	(2011 census)
constituency_westminster	Newport East
constituency_welsh_assembly	Newport East
post_town	NEWPORT
unitary_wales	Newport
os_grid_reference	ST368863
coordinates
postcode_area	NP
postcode_district	NP18, NP19
dial_code	01633
module	[[File:Wales Newport Community Llanwern map.svg
Map of the community
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| official_name = Llanwern | country = Wales | static_image_name = Church of St Mary, Llanwern - geograph.org.uk - 1449730.jpg | static_image_width = 250 | static_image_caption = St Mary's Church | population = 2,961 | population_ref = (2011 census) | constituency_westminster = Newport East | constituency_welsh_assembly = Newport East | post_town = NEWPORT | unitary_wales = Newport | os_grid_reference = ST368863 | coordinates = | postcode_area = NP | postcode_district = NP18, NP19 | dial_code = 01633 | module= [[File:Wales Newport Community Llanwern map.svg|240px]] Map of the community ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Llanwern_Village_Hall_-geograph.org.uk-_4863186.jpg" caption="Llanwern village hall"] ::

Llanwern is a village and community in the eastern part of the city of Newport, South East Wales. The name may be translated as "the church among the grove of the alders".

Location and populace

Llanwern is bounded by the M4 and Langstone to the north, by Ringland and Lliswerry to the west, by Nash, Goldcliff and Whitson to the south and by the city boundary to the east. The population of the Llanwern community in 2011 was 333, which contains Llanwern village and the western half of the site of Llanwern steelworks. The community population dropped to 289 in 2011. The community also includes the area of Glan Llyn.

Notable features

Church of St Mary

The church is dedicated to St Mary and is a Grade II* listed building and dates from the 14th century.

The church has a particularly good collection of stained glass. The west tower, stylistically more elaborate than most local churches, contains five bells of various dates. The bells were restored in the 1990s.

Llanwern House

Llanwern House was the home of David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda (1856–1918), who was Minister of Food during the First World War. In 1887, a year before his election to Parliament, Thomas took the lease of the house, where he lived the life of a country squire, riding to hounds and breeding prize Hereford cattle. He bought the house in 1900 and acquired the neighbouring Pencoed estate shortly before his death, the purchase making Thomas the largest landowner in Monmouthshire after Lord Tredegar. Despite his fortune Thomas was content to retain the mansion at Llanwern, a large square house on a hilltop overlooking the village. The house, dating to 1760, was old-fashioned in its appearance but that appearance concealed a "delicate and beautiful interior" with Chinoiserie influences. The house was demolished in the 1950s, although the site is still visible, and the parkland intact. Thomas's ashes are interred in the family graveyard in the church.

Governance

Llanwern has a community council, represented by up to seven community councillors.

Llanwern is covered by a Newport City Council electoral ward, also called Llanwern, though also including Goldcliff, Nash, Whitson and Redwick, as well as the community of Llanwern. It elects one city councillor. Since 2008 this has been Conservative Martyn Kellway.

Regeneration

Main article: Glan Llyn

A £115m renewal project called Glan Llyn, led by St. Modwen Properties Limited, is transforming the former steel-producing part of the Llanwern steelworks site. Started in 2004, the masterplan envisages 34 acre of employment-generating accommodation hosting 6,000 jobs, 4,000 new dwellings, community facilities and open space including three new lakes. Completion is anticipated by 2026–2028.

References

References

1. "Newport ward 2011".
2. [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=801798&c=llanwern&d=16&e=15&g=421553&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Office for National Statistics Parish Headcounts: Llanwern]
3. (May 2017). "Community Well-being Profile: Llanwern Final". [[Newport City Council]].
4. "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
5. {{Cadw
6. Lloyd, T. (1989), ''The Lost Houses of Wales: A Survey if Country Houses in Wales Demolished since c.1900'', London: [[SAVE Britain's Heritage]], {{ISBN. 9780905978277, p.103
7. "Geograph:: St Mary's Church, Llanwern © Adrian and Janet Quantock cc-by-sa/2.0".
8. "St Mary's Church, Llanwern".
9. (6 April 2022). "Community council election nominees for Newport revealed". [[South Wales Argus]].
10. "Newport City Council Election Result 1995-2012". [[Plymouth University]].

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