The Area:

This is a prominent area adjacent to the main shopping district and bus station as well as being clearly visible from trains entering and leaving the main railway station.  It runs from Town Bridge at the Northern end of the city centre down to George Street Bridge at the Southern end.

View of left bank before University Campus and Arts Centre 

Vision:

The Newport Theatre & Arts Centre provides significant confidence for the future development along the river’s edge. It also provides a new civic venue which engages and activates the river, especially at night and on weekends.

The University has prepared a vision for Higher Education over the next 10 years which envisages doubling student numbers and developing a new campus in the City Centre. The School of Art, Media & Design; Computing and Engineering; and Business & Management are proposed to be relocated to the riverside site.

Click here for the new city campus virtual fly through. 

The Newport Theatre and Arts Centre and the University’s Art, Media & Design School provide a great opportunity to promote the arts and creative activity in the City Centre and engage the design and entrepreneurial media sectors. Students within the City Centre will provide increased activity at all hours of the day. Development and public realm improvements must engage students and the places they frequent. The cultural district will extend north to the Castle which will once again become a tourist destination and an important landmark for Newport.

CGI of the New Riverfront University Campus

The new Breeam Excellent £35m campus for the University of Wales Newport will house the acclaimed School of Art, Media and Design for the University, together with the Newport Business School, accommodating eventually up to 3,000 students in total. Work is expected to complete in Novermber 2010 with the first intake of students in January 2011.