Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
BUS
Newport's bus station is on Kings Way, across from the river, but it can also be accessed
from John Frost Sq.
National Express
(
www.nationalexpress.com
)
coach destinations include Swansea (£9.10, 1½ hours),
Cardiff (£3, 30 minutes), Chepstow (£3.80, 25 minutes), Bristol (£8.10, 35 minutes) and
London (£22, three hours).
Greyhound
(
www.greyhounduk.com
)
coaches stop at the train station en route between Cardiff
(£3, 25 minutes) and Bristol Airport (£6, 1¼ hours).
Newport Bus
(
www.newportbus.co.uk
)
covers the local routes, and has services to Cardiff (bus
X30; £2, 35 minutes), Caerleon (buses 27 and 28; £1.60, 15 minutes) and Chepstow (bus
73; £2, 50 minutes).
Other operators run buses to Caerphilly (bus 50; 38 minutes), Raglan (bus 60; 39
minutes), Blaenavon (bus X24; 51 minutes) and Monmouth (bus 60; one hour).
TRAIN
Newport train station is on Queensway, immediately north of the High St.
The fastest and easiest connection with Cardiff is by train (£4.60, 16 minutes, six hourly).
Direct trains also head to Chepstow (£6.80, 15 minutes), Abergavenny (£8.20, 23
minutes), Swansea (£15, 1¼ hours) and London Paddington (£38, two hours).
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Caerleon
POP 8100
Hidden in plain view beneath the small, genteel town of Caerleon is one of the largest and
most important Roman settlements in Britain. After the Romans invaded in AD 43, they
controlled their new territory through a network of forts and military garrisons. The top
tier of military organisation was the legionary fort, of which there were only three in Bri-
tain - at Eboracum (York), Deva (Chester) and Isca (Caerleon).
Caerleon ('Fort of the Legion') was the headquarters of the elite 2nd Augustan Legion
for more than 200 years, from AD 75 until the end of the 3rd century. It wasn't just a mil-
itary camp but a purpose-built township some 9 miles in circumference, complete with a
6000-seat amphitheatre and a state-of-the-art Roman baths complex.
Sights
National Roman Legion Museum
MUSEUM
