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Graig Park Hill, NEWPORT, NP20 6GY

Graig Park Hill is between Graig Park Avenue and Graig Park Road (out of shot ahead).

The electrical installation & repairs van is parked in Graig Park Hill, the easternmost street in the Graig Park area. The back gardens of the houses on this side of the road are at the edge of Graig Wood.

Graig Park Avenue climbs towards the edge of Graig Wood. On the right is the turning for Graig Park Hill.

Nearly 300 metres east of Malpas Road, Graig Park Avenue ends here, at the edge of Graig Wood.

Nearly 300 metres east of Malpas Road, Graig Park Avenue ends at the edge of Graig Wood. The Brynglas area of Newport is on the far side of the wood, about 200 metres ahead.

Parked near the Graig Park Road junction. The Western Power Distribution website states "We are the electricity distribution network operator for the Midlands, South West and Wales. We deliver electricity to over 7.8 million customers over a 55,500 square kilometres service area. Our network consists of 220,000 km of overhead lines and underground cables, and 185,000 substations. We employ over 6,000 staff".

There was a snowfall ranging from 4 inches (10cm) at lower levels up to about 6 inches (15cm) at higher elevations in the city overnight January 5th/6th 2010. Main roads were quickly cleared, but side roads remained mostly snow-covered, causing difficulties for drivers in the hillier parts of the city. This view is of the top end of one of the steeper side roads, Graig Park Avenue as it approaches its end at the edge of Graig Wood. A resident told me that he was able to drive his car down the hill, but when he tried to drive back up later on, his car couldn't climb the snowy hill. He left this car overnight, hoping to reverse back to the main road the following day, but found that he was boxed in by other cars whose drivers had had the same problem.

Graig Park Avenue is the northernmost street in Graig Park. This view is from the blocked off end of the avenue adjacent to a Malpas Road bus stop, looking towards Graig Wood. On the far side of Graig Wood are the upper parts of the Brynglas area of Newport.

Graig Park Hill is the most easterly street in Graig Park. It runs along the western edge of Graig Wood, part of which can be seen in the background. This view is from Graig Park Avenue looking towards Graig Park Road.

Viewed from the edge of Malpas Road. Snow persists on Christmas Day 2010, after a moderate snowfall five days earlier, and temperature mostly remaining below freezing. Graig Wood is in the distance.