ST2788 : An obliging grey heron, Fourteen Locks, Newport
taken 6 years ago, near to Rogerstone, Newport/Casnewydd, Wales
This is situated on Crumlin branch of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal on the outskirts of Newport.
The fourteen locks are part of the Cefn flight that dates from 1799 and is located to the north of the M4 motorway. These locks are numbers 8 to 21 on the Crumlin Branch.
There is a visitor centre and car park adjacent to a large canal pound with a slipway.
The four locks, numbers 17 to 20, just below the pound were restored in 2010/11.
A 26 mile walk in the west of the former county of Gwent from the Aneurin Bevan Memorial, Tredegar to Tredegar House, Newport. The route follows the ridgeways and valley floors through three counties, mainly off road and never far from the Sirhowy or Ebbw Rivers or the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal (Crumlin Arm).
The route has been extended from Tredegar House south eastwards to join the Wales Coast Path at Lighthouse Road and follows the Path on the Wentlooge Levels as far as West Usk Lighthouse.