Bettws, Newport

infobox UK place
country = Wales
welsh_name=Betws
constituency_welsh_assembly=
latitude= 51.609
longitude= -03.028
official_name= Bettws
unitary_wales= Newport
lieutenancy_wales= Gwent
constituency_westminster= Newport West
post_town=
postcode_district = NP20 7
postcode_area= NP
dial_code= +44-1633
Chartist exchange
os_grid_reference= ST289905
population= 8,278 (2001 census)

Bettws ( _cy. 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 protests in Newport for universal suffrage in the 1830s (the so-called Newport Rising), is alleged to have married at the church Fact|date=July 2008.

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 Gwent County League.

Although Bettws has been alleged to have the highest crime rate in Newport, in recent years it has still been a popular residential area in the city and has benefited greatly from the introduction of sporting facilities such as new football pitches Fact|date=July 2008.

ee also

*Bettws High School

External links

* [http://www.bettws.org.uk/ Bettws Community]