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Brynglas
Brynglas is an area of the city of Newport, South Wales, United Kingdom.
Brynglas is situated above the M4 motorway, which passes through the Brynglas Tunnels, and overlooking the city of Newport. It has a population of about 300 inhabitants and contains a primary school and Brynglas House.
The area contains the streets of Brynglas Avenue, Brynglas Drive, Brynglas Road, Brynglas Close, Brynglas Court, Brynglas Crescent and the relatively modern Bryn-Bevan estate.
Brynglas Road was the first road to be built in the Brynglas area. The houses were privately owned. The road originally led solely to Brynglas House on top of the hill. A council estate, Brynglas Drive, was later added. It consists mostly of post-war concrete-structured housing originally built and owned by Newport Corporation. Most of the housing is now privately owned but Newport City Council still owns some.
Brynglas Court and Brynglas Close consist of council-style flats.
The name comes from the Welsh language for "Blue Hill". Locals speculate that the reasoning for this name is due to the thousands of common bluebells that appear each spring in the Brynglas bluebell woods. Prior to development the south-facing hill would have appeared blue during the spring around April and May and therefore was called "Brynglas".
The Brynglas Tunnels carry the M4 motorway under Brynglas Hill. The 1,200 ft-long twin-bored tunnels were the first tunnels in the British motorway network and are still the only bored tunnels using tunnel boring machines.
The tunnels and adjacent Usk bridge were originally planned by Newport Corporation in August 1959 in a plan submitted to the Ministry of Transport. Work started on 10 September 1962 and both structures were complete and open to traffic by 1967.
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Brynglas
Brynglas is an area of the city of Newport, South Wales, United Kingdom.
Brynglas is situated above the M4 motorway, which passes through the Brynglas Tunnels, and overlooking the city of Newport. It has a population of about 300 inhabitants and contains a primary school and Brynglas House.
The area contains the streets of Brynglas Avenue, Brynglas Drive, Brynglas Road, Brynglas Close, Brynglas Court, Brynglas Crescent and the relatively modern Bryn-Bevan estate.
Brynglas Road was the first road to be built in the Brynglas area. The houses were privately owned. The road originally led solely to Brynglas House on top of the hill. A council estate, Brynglas Drive, was later added. It consists mostly of post-war concrete-structured housing originally built and owned by Newport Corporation. Most of the housing is now privately owned but Newport City Council still owns some.
Brynglas Court and Brynglas Close consist of council-style flats.
The name comes from the Welsh language for "Blue Hill". Locals speculate that the reasoning for this name is due to the thousands of common bluebells that appear each spring in the Brynglas bluebell woods. Prior to development the south-facing hill would have appeared blue during the spring around April and May and therefore was called "Brynglas".
The Brynglas Tunnels carry the M4 motorway under Brynglas Hill. The 1,200 ft-long twin-bored tunnels were the first tunnels in the British motorway network and are still the only bored tunnels using tunnel boring machines.
The tunnels and adjacent Usk bridge were originally planned by Newport Corporation in August 1959 in a plan submitted to the Ministry of Transport. Work started on 10 September 1962 and both structures were complete and open to traffic by 1967.