*** Welcome to piglix ***

St. Julian's, Newport

St Julians
St Julians is located in Newport, Wales
St Julians
St Julians
St Julians shown within Newport
Population 8,675 (2011 census)
OS grid reference ST322894
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWPORT
Postcode district NP19 7
Dialling code 01633
Savoy exchange
Police Gwent
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
NewportCoordinates: 51°35′58″N 2°58′49″W / 51.59934°N 2.98027°W / 51.59934; -2.98027

St Julians (Welsh: Sain Silian) is an electoral district (ward) and coterminous community of the City of Newport, South Wales.

The ward is bounded by the River Usk to the west and north, The Moorings, Badminton Road, Reynolds Close, Rembrandt Way, Constable Drive, Heather Road, Kelly Road, Merlin Crescent, Avalon Drive, across St Julian's Road and Norfolk Road to the east, Christchurch Road, Church Road, Clarence Place and Newport Bridge to the south. The ward includes the districts of Barnardtown, Riverside, and most of St. Julians (the rest being in Beechwood ward). The area is governed by the Newport City Council.

St Julians has two primary schools, namely Glan Usk Primary School (formerly Durham Road Infant School and Durham Road Junior School) and St Julians Primary School.

Glan Usk Primary School moved to new school premises in January 2010. The new school has been built on a hazardous waste landfill at the Glebelands in the western part of St Julians. The Glebelands site was operated as a landfill between the 1930s and 1960s such that the waste materials contributed to raising this low-lying part of Newport by some three to four metres. The site received domestic, trade, and industrial wastes including unrecorded amounts of hazardous waste such as polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, mercury, and arsenic. The history of this site and concerns about public health and the wider environment resulted in much opposition and delay to construction of the new primary school. The new school also provides nursery school places, following the closure of Rockfield Nursery.


...
Wikipedia

...