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Ringland is a substantial residential area of north Newport, built on a hillside above the Usk valley with views across to the ancient oaks of Wentwood. The Gwent BKA covers this area, and the surrounding countryside gives local bees productive access to a range of habitats: Tredegar Park and the Usk valley woodland below Ringland give the early hawthorn and sycamore flow, with lime and horse chestnut in the parkland avenues contributing June forage; the upland woodland of Wentwood to the east adds sweet chestnut and field maple. Bramble is dense on the hillside scrub edges and the old hedgerows of the urban fringe; the Usk riverside willows and watermeadow complete the season. Ivy on the older redbrick walls closes the year.

The Gwent Levels carry a distinctive damp-meadow forage — purple loosestrife, hemp agrimony, meadowsweet — and white clover on the grazed marsh. Wentwood provides a classic ancient woodland flow of sycamore, field maple, lime and sweet chestnut. The city's Belle Vue Park and the banks of the Usk offer urban lime. Bramble is universal; rosebay willowherb flushes former industrial land. Coastal sea-lavender at Peterstone Wentlooge adds seasoning, and ivy on the old red-brick terraces closes the year.