To uncover more tales about Newport, use the Newport Explorer multimedia trail. Look out for the brightly coloured signposts across the city centre at landmark buildings, historic sites or locations with an interesting story to tell.


Use your mobile phone to access www.npex.co.uk enter the number on the logo or scan the QR code below and you’ll discover something about that place. It’s also available to virtual visitors at home.


Market Hall Stained Glass Window CITYLIFE


The redevelopment of the area enabled him to relocate to a new shop unit in the Grade II listed Victorian market hall.


‘I’m delighted with the move. With so much more space, we’ve increased our range and have gained new customers as a result,’ says Jon.


Newport Victorian Market


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People have had a lot to say in recent years about the regeneration of Newport city centre. Not least Jon Powell, a newsagent originally based in a tiny kiosk in High Street.


He’s passionate about Newport, about supporting independent businesses and does his utmost, not least through his social media presence, to ensure people enjoy their time in the city. Always with his ear to the ground, it’s said that people come to the newsagents to get the news from Jon as well as the news from Fleet Street.


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