University Of South Wales Cardiff Library
Elis Riebow
Caerleon is located on the northern outskirts of Newport. Formerly the second largest campus, it hosted a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including education, sports, history, fashion design, art and photography. The campus had extensive sports facilities, library, students' union shop and a students' union bar. It was formerly the main campus of the University of Wales, Newport. In 2014, it was announced by the University of South Wales that the Caerleon campus would close in 2016.[19] The university cited the need to invest around 20 million to improve and upgrade facilities as the primary reason for its closure.[20] The university relocated courses to the Newport City campus and the Cardiff Campus where it invested 14.7 million[17] to extend and upgrade the Atrium building. The campus opened during 1914 and closed for the last time on 31 July 2016, after 102 years.