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Replacing felled trees, Gaer Estate, Newport
Five Ash trees have been felled here due to disease https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7085369 .
This Field Maple sapling is part of the replacement program.
Image: © Robin Drayton
Taken: 10 Feb 2022
0.02 miles
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Trees with ash die back, Gaer Estate, Newport
Newport City Council have earmarked these for removal.
They are used as a roost by 100+ jackdaws.
Image: © Robin Drayton
Taken: 31 Jan 2022
0.02 miles
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Rupert Brooke Drive, Newport
The view south from near the corner of Byron Drive. On the right are flats in Boswell Close, Buchan Close and Arnold Close.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 22 Nov 2010
0.02 miles
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Footpath, Gaer Road, Newport
This is the footpath that links two parts of Gaer Road http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2364172.
Image: © Robin Drayton
Taken: 23 Mar 2011
0.04 miles
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Evening view over Newport (1)
Taken from the junction of Gaer Road and the upper end of Lansdowne Road.
With Uskmouth Power Station https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5237263 on the horizon and the Severn Estuary beyond.
Image: © Robin Drayton
Taken: 3 May 2019
0.05 miles
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Gaer Road, Newport
The upper part of Gaer Road approaching the footpath http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2364139 .
Image: © Robin Drayton
Taken: 23 Mar 2011
0.06 miles
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Browning Close, Newport
Located on the corner of Byron Road and Rupert Brooke Drive, Browning Close has one long 3-storey building, containing 18 flats.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 22 Nov 2010
0.07 miles
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South side of Byron Road, Newport
Houses on the south side of Byron Road, between the west http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2171880 and east http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2171894 ends of Rupert Brooke Drive.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 22 Nov 2010
0.08 miles
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Gaer Estate and view over Newport (2)
The Gaer estate was one of the first estates built in Newport after the Second World War.
All of the streets are named after writers.
A Festival of Britain award was received for the design of the estate http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/621755 .
Built in a hilly area in the west of Newport, it gives extensive views over Newport Docks and the Severn Estuary.
The Uskmouth power station complex is to the right of centre.
See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5530008 for the view to the left of this one.
Image: © Robin Drayton
Taken: 5 Sep 2017
0.08 miles
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Gaer Road, Newport
The view down Gaer Road towards the junction with Cardiff Road at the bottom of the hill.
The present day Gaer Road follows the route of the original farm track from the lodge on Cardiff Road http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/687505 to Gaer Fach farmhouse (now the Gaer Inn http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/537653 ).
Part of this route, being rather steep, remains as a footpath http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2364139 .
Image: © Robin Drayton
Taken: 23 Mar 2011
0.09 miles