Newport City Centre

Newport City Centre.

Newport city centre is the area of Newport by the west bank of the River Usk.  Most of the city centre is contained within two areas, the central area and the area around Lower Dock Street. Most of the city centre is located in the Stow Hill district.

The main shopping street is Commercial Street. It then links the heart of the city with Newport Docks.

The area between Commercial Street and the river used to contain a railway lines and river wharves so the street pattern in this area was never fixed. On the removal of the railway lines in the 1960s the large John Frost Square and Kingsway Shopping Centre were built, close to Newport bus station. This area is to be redeveloped to provide the Friars Walk shopping mall.