The Handpost Hotel
Bassaleg Road, Newport, NP20 3EA.  01633 264502

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The Handpost Hotel was originally built in the early 1800s as a lodge. The lodge was used by post-men travelling from the Welsh valleys to Newport docks.

Sometime between 1885 and 1911,
Cemetery Road was re-named Bassaleg Road and the Handpost was re-built.

From the 1840s onwards, the expansion of the railways meant that horses were used less and less for transporting mail and goods across the country.

  During the early 1900s The Handpost was
 re-built (almost as it is today).

The introduction of trams around the town took away the need for horse drawn post-men, and the Handpost became a pub.

Some accommodation was still offered during the early 1900s but this soon faded.

By the 1930s motor vehicles dominated the trade.  As we can see in this 1955 picture, the tram lines had been replaced by roads and the water trough replaced an island.

During this time, Stow Park Service Station was built. to accommodate the increase in traffic.

The Service Station remained until the early 1980s when it was demolished and replaced by a purpose built block of flats.

 

From the 1950s until 2001, The Handpost was owned by Ansells and managed by a number of landlords. In 2005 The Handpost was transferred to Punch Retail and became a leased house.

In 2016, Greene King purchased the building from Punch Retail.


In September 2016, Nicky Mackenzie bought the lease from retirees
Carol and Winston Chapman. 
Among other changes, Nicky has re-introduced newly refurbished accommodation once more making it:

The Handpost HOTEL
 

   

If you have any additional history of The Handpost Hotel, we'd love to hear from you.

 

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