Castleton (Welsh: Cas-bach) is a small hamlet in the city of Newport, South Wales.
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Castleton is located in the Marshfield ward, an affluent fringe region to the west of the city of Newport, also near the eastern fringes of Cardiff (St Mellons). The A48 dual carriageway is the main road through the hamlet.
The A48(M) motorway passes close to the north of the village. There are no motorway junctions on this short link between (M4) Junction 29 and Junction 29A at St Mellons.
The village has a pub / restaurant, the Coach and Horses, on the A48.
Castleton also has a large, prominent Baptist chapel across the road from the pub. It was at the Castleton Baptist Association meeting in 1816 that it was resolved to build the first Welsh Baptist Chapel in Newport, and the land then acquired in Charles Street, with the help of a bequest from John Williams, a Newport tailor.[1]
The Great Western Railway station at nearby Marshfield used to act as a rail connection, eastwards to Newport and on, terminating at London Paddington, and westwards to Cardiff and through South Wales to Fishguard and Goodwick. Now, since Beeching, the nearest rail station is Newport.