Duffryn
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Duffryn is a large council housing housing estate
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/612479 in the southwest of the city of Newport
, Wales
comprising a large portion of the Tredegar Park
electoral district (ward). Built on land belonging to Tredegar House
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/634481, it was completed in 1978 and at the time won several awards for its design. The layout of the estate, as viewed from above, is that of large terraces undulating around a central wooded area.
The design of the estate is the result of a council competition. It was won by a consortium committed to the theories of planning devised in the architecture department of Cambridge University in the 1960s. The District Amenities Centre that was planned for the south-west corner of the 96-acre site was never built, so the plan of a largely self-sufficient community was not realised.
Despite the relative recent development of the estate, the name Duffryn is an ancient name
for the area. Duffryn is an anglicised
version of the Welsh
Dyffryn (meaning large U-shaped valley).
Duffryn is home to two of Newport's largest secondary school
s — Duffryn High School
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/390859 and St. Joseph's RC High School
. In 2006, Duffryn High School was the filming location of the Doctor Who
episode School Reunion
, filmed in late-summer 2005.
The estate was originally district heated from a central boiler house.
Housing estate
A housing estate is a group of buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Accordingly, a housing estate is usually built by a single contractor, with only a few styles of house or building design, so they tend to be uniform in appearance...
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/612479 in the southwest of the city of Newport
Newport
Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
comprising a large portion of the Tredegar Park
Tredegar Park (ward)
Tredegar Park is an electoral district and community of the city of Newport. It is named after the nearby park, although the present-day community and ward of Tredegar Park covers a much smaller area consisting of the Duffryn estate and immediate surroundings.The ward is bounded by the Ebbw...
electoral district (ward). Built on land belonging to Tredegar House
Tredegar House
Tredegar House in Newport, set in the 90 acre Tredegar Park, is one of the best examples of a 17th century Charles II country house mansion in the United Kingdom.-History of the Building:...
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/634481, it was completed in 1978 and at the time won several awards for its design. The layout of the estate, as viewed from above, is that of large terraces undulating around a central wooded area.
The design of the estate is the result of a council competition. It was won by a consortium committed to the theories of planning devised in the architecture department of Cambridge University in the 1960s. The District Amenities Centre that was planned for the south-west corner of the 96-acre site was never built, so the plan of a largely self-sufficient community was not realised.
Despite the relative recent development of the estate, the name Duffryn is an ancient name
Welsh placenames
The placenames of Wales derive in most cases from the Welsh language, but have also been influenced by linguistic contact with the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Anglo-Normans and modern English...
for the area. Duffryn is an anglicised
Anglicisation
Anglicisation, or anglicization , is the process of converting verbal or written elements of any other language into a form that is more comprehensible to an English speaker, or, more generally, of altering something such that it becomes English in form or character.The term most often refers to...
version of the Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
Dyffryn (meaning large U-shaped valley).
Duffryn is home to two of Newport's largest secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
s — Duffryn High School
Duffryn High School
Duffryn High School is a comprehensive school on the south-western outskirts of Newport, south Wales. It is in the suburb of Duffryn and opened in 1959...
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/390859 and St. Joseph's RC High School
St. Joseph's RC High School, Newport
St. Joseph's RC High School is a comprehensive school on the western outskirts of Newport, South Wales. It is in the suburb of Duffryn, and has something of a rivalry with Duffryn High School, just a few hundred yards up the road. The school has around 1,400 pupils.The school recently underwent an...
. In 2006, Duffryn High School was the filming location of the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
episode School Reunion
School Reunion (Doctor Who)
"School Reunion" is the third episode in the second series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It first aired on 29 April 2006. The episode's narrative takes place some time after the events of "The Christmas Invasion"...
, filmed in late-summer 2005.
The estate was originally district heated from a central boiler house.