Westgate Hotel
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The Westgate Hotel, Commercial Street, Newport, Wales is a hotel building dating from the 19th century. On 4 November 1839 the hotel saw the major scenes of the Newport Rising, when 3,000 Chartists, s
Westgate Hotel from Westgate Square
Westgate Hotel interior shown during the 2019 partial opening
The attack of the Chartists on the Westgate Hotel, 4 November 1839
Union, Prudence, Energy, sculpture outside The Westgate Hotel commemorating the Chartist Movement and 1839 Newport Rising
Friars Walk, Newport
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Friars Walk is a partially under-cover shopping centre and leisure complex in Newport city centre, South Wales. It has several levels and includes a range of high street shops, eateries, a cinema, a b
Westgate Hotel
…on Commercial Street in front of the hotel. The hotel also featured in the 1978 Chartist Mural which was demolished during the 2013 development of Friars Walk in Newport city centre. The story of the rebellion was reflected in the Manic Street Preachers' 2014 song "The View from Stow Hill…
John Frost Square, Friars Walk
Friars Walk during construction
Usk Plaza, Friars Walk, 2015
Chartist steps (upper), Friars Walk