Newport Medieval Ship — Attraction in Newport

Even though I was born and brought up in Newport this was the first time I had taken advantage of this wonderful exhibition. I visited recently with my 12 year old granddaughter and was shown around by John de Caux, a friendly and extremely knowledgeable gentleman. I am sure John won't mind me saying that it was a pleasure to spend our visit in his company, John was definitely one of the 'old school', a real gent and, in my opinion, there aren't many like him left! Both my granddaughter and I learnt a lot from this fascinating exhibition, well done and many thanks to...

Highly recommend everyone to visit. Staff is very helpful and knowledgeable. Many details on the research. The ship itself is the only one of its kind served between Bristol and mainland Europe. It may belong to Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, the Kingmaker and was send to Newport for repairing. The council, when they were rebuilding the river bank, was warned that there might be something sleeping in the mud and was advised to buy insurance to cover the salvage cost. They didn't buy and worse than that, they damaged the ship when...

Visited today following a quick Google for things to do locally due to sporadic weather.

Safe to say this exhibition was really worth visiting, as it combined both highly interesting artifacts and displays relating to the vessel. But also information delivered by a knowledgable and enthusiastic guide.

My advice to anyone with an interest in this subject is to visit now while you can still experience the artifacts up close before they go off for exhibition. As you are truly surrounded by the very timbers found in the river which are...