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Beechwood Park, Newport

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In 2013 a café was opened and named Mrs T's. It is open between 9.30am and 4.30pm Monday to Friday, and 9am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday. The café was extended in 2018 and owner Jayne Thorley has described the new space as suited for afternoon tea, Sunday lunches and special events.
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The park is protected by a group of local volunteers in the Beechwood Park Group, founded in 2014 with the purpose of organising events for local people and improving the facilities available to visitors, including raising £1,850 for new parasols for outdoor seating.
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The park's historical heritage is also protected by the Friends of Newport's Ornamental Parks, established in 2006 to improve the management of Victorian-era parks in the city.
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the park was used by US military personnel stationed in the city, and it was later used as a tuberculosis clinic, model railway club, and open air school.
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Current facilities include two children's play areas, a paddling pool (summer only), a bowling green, a pavilion, and two tennis courts.
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In 2019 the park hosted a weekend of free musical entertainment organised by the Beechwood Parks Events Group in conjunction with
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In 2006, work began on the renovation and conversion of Beechwood House to become the Beechwood House
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Beechwood House was built in 1877–78 as a private residence by George Fothergill, a former
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http://www.newport.gov.uk/en/Leisure-Tourism/Countryside--Parks/Parks/Beechwood-park.aspx
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Centre. Newport City Council secured a total of £4.2million of funding from the
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Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
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with a range of musical guests, a raffle, food from The Café, and more.
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Beechwood House, a 19th century bath stone community venue in the Park
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Beechwood House, Newport
A photograph showing the 19th century bath stone manor house, overlooking the city of Newport and surrounded by the green spaces of the Park
Victorian
Newport
Wales
OS grid
ST 33261 88642
Coordinates
51°35′31″N 2°57′54″W / 51.592°N 2.965°W / 51.592; -2.965
Habershon, Pite & Fawckner
Newport City Council
Green Flag Award
Hill
Stream
Newport Bus
http://www.newport.gov.uk/en/Leisure-Tourism/Countryside--Parks/Parks/Beechwood-park.aspx
public park
Beechwood
Newport
South Wales
Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales
Mayor of Newport
Habershon, Pite & Fawckner
Newport Corporation
World War II
Newport City Radio
Entrepreneurship
European Regional Development Fund
Welsh Government Local Regeneration Fund
Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales

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