Putcher fishing is a traditional method for catching salmon, and other fish, that dates back to at least medieval times, and may be much older.

Take a walk on the Levels in late April or early May and you may be lucky enough to encounter one of our most beautiful insects, the Hairy Dragonfly.

The Goldcliff Lagoons were created in the late 1990s and form the eastern end of the Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve.

Great Traston Meadow nature reserve is an example of grazing marsh, a traditional type of landscape on the Levels.

In 2002, during construction of the Newport Riverfront Arts Centre on the west bank of the River Usk, the remains of a 15th century ship were discovered.

In about 1113, the Norman Lord of Caerleon, Robert de Chandos, granted land at Goldcliff for the founding of the Benedictine Priory of St Mary Magdalene.

Sitting on the edge of the Gwent Levels, between the wide expanse of the Severn Estuary and the mouth of the River Usk, lies the Newport Wetlands National Nature Reserve.

Lave netting is an ancient method of salmon fishing first recorded on the Severn Estuary in the 1700s.

The village church of Bishton is more than 600 years old. Yet its full name demonstrates far older origins.

This imposing mansion is one of the most historically important 17th century houses in Britain, home of the Morgan family for over 500 years.

Imagine standing near the sea wall at Goldcliff 10,000 years ago. What would you see?

In 1878, an inscribed Roman era stone, known as the 'Goldcliff Stone', was discovered near the sea wall at Goldcliff.

Without the sea wall the Gwent Levels simply could not exist.

Magor Marsh is one of the last fragments of fenland on the Gwent Levels, a landscape which has existed here for thousands of years.