Bettws, Newport
Coordinates: 51°36′32″N 3°01′41″W / 51.609°N 3.028°W
| Bettws | |
| Welsh: Betws | |
 Bettws
Bettws shown within Newport |
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| Population | 8,278 (2001 census) |
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| OS grid reference | ST289905 |
| Principal area | Newport |
| Ceremonial county | Gwent |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | NP20 7 |
| Dialling code | +44-1633 Chartist exchange |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Newport West |
| List of places: UK • Wales • Newport | |
Bettws (Welsh: Betws) is an electoral ward and coterminous community (parish) of the city of Newport, South Wales. It is one of the largest modern housing estates in Europe.
The ward is bounded by Malpas to the east, the city boundary with Torfaen to the north, Rogerstone to the west, and the M4 motorway and Allt-yr-yn to the south.
The estate was built around the 17th St. David's church in Bettws, which is the likely origin of the name 'Bettws', a place of prayer or private chapel. St David's is a grade two listed building and is currently in need of a £40,000 renovation. John Frost, who led Chartist protests in Newport for universal suffrage in the 1830s (the Newport Rising), is alleged to have married at the church[citation needed].
The housing estate was built in the 1960s, and the large majority of houses are identical in plan and design. 51.8% of housing is privately owned, and 42.6% is rented from either the Newport City Council or local housing associations, such as Charter Housing.
The roads in the estate are all named after rivers.
Bettws RFC is a rugby union team playing in the Welsh Division Five East. Malpas Cricket Club is also situated on Bettws Lane in Bettws. Newport Civil Service F.C. are a football team located in Bettws playing in the Welsh Football League.
In recent years it has benefited greatly from the introduction of sporting facilities such as new football pitches.
In January 2012, Welsh comedian Rhod Gilbert filmed Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience at Monnow Primary School, in the heart of Bettws, where he became a primary school teacher.
