Wentlooge
Sign in to saveWentlooge (), sometimes known as Wentloog, is a community in the southwest of the city of Newport, South Wales, in the Marshfield ward. The community includes Peterstone Wentlooge and St. Brides Wentlooge and in 2011 had a population of 737.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Wentlooge
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.population
- 720
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 census)
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Newport West
- UK place.post_town
- CARDIFF
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Newport
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST289822
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.postcode_area
- CF
- UK place.postcode_district
- CF3
- UK place.post_town1
- NEWPORT
- UK place.postcode_area1
- NP
- UK place.postcode_district1
- NP10
- UK place.dial_code
- 01633Maesglas and Castleton exchanges
- UK place.module
- 240pxMap of the community
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Wentlooge (), sometimes known as Wentloog, is a community in the southwest of the city of Newport, South Wales, in the Marshfield ward. The community includes Peterstone Wentlooge and St. Brides Wentlooge and in 2011 had a population of 737.
==Description== The name Wentlooge is a corruption of the earlier name Gwynllŵg, said to have been named after Gwynllyw, its 5th - 6th century ruler.