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St Calwaladr's Church
Bishton
Population	2,181  (2001 census)
OS grid reference	ST391876
Principal area	Newport
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWPORT
Postcode district	NP18
Dialling code	01633 Llanwern exchange
Ambulance	Welsh
EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Newport East
Welsh Assembly	Newport East
List of places UK Wales 51°35′02″N 2°52′49″W / 51.58395°N 2.88035°W / 51.58395; -2.88035

Bishton or Bishopston (Welsh: Llangadwaladr Trefesgob or simply Trefesgob) is a small rural community in the east of the city of Newport, South Wales. It lies in the Llanwern electoral district (ward) and contains the eastern end of Llanwern Steelworks, the Underwood estate as well as Bishton itself. The population in the 2001 census was 2,181; dropping to 2,137 in 2011.

The name is said to derive from "Bishop's Town", as the village has been alleged to the sometime home of the Bishops of Llandaff. Owain Glyndŵr destroyed the palaces at Bishton and Llandaff, from which time the episcopal palace was moved to Mathern. Bishop John Pascall died here of the plague in 1361.