Owned by Sir Terry Matthews, the resort is located on the south-facing side of Christchurch Hill in eastern Newport, near Junction 24 of the M4 motorway.

The golf courses run over the north-facing side of Christchurch Hill down into the Vale of Usk, overlooking the Wentwood escarpment.

[citation needed] From 1983 to 1987, it received the Egon Ronay Guide awards for the best hotel in Wales for five consecutive years.

[6] In 1991 plans were unveiled to develop two new golf courses and a convention centre on land between the Manor House and the River Usk.

Matthews had become friends with the late golf-course architect Robert Trent Jones whose family roots were in Aberystwyth.

The development included a 120-metre-long £2m twin-suspension bridge, the course and a new clubhouse and surrounding infrastructure, which was promised as part of the bid.

[9] The closure has left the village of Caerleon with no pathway access to the Resort and its facilities, requiring patrons to take vehicular transport.

[12] While as much as possible of the potential archaeology was identified at the design stage, watching briefs were carried out during construction, since other structures might be discovered.

On the site of the new coach park, a small square tower-like building was found well to the north of any Roman activity previously discovered.

They were found to fit together, and Roger Tomlin, of the University of Oxford interpreted them as part of a verse referring to 'unjust fate', which could support the mausoleum theory.

In response, local politicians and community members sent a letter urging Matthews, by then a billionaire, to "do whatever you can to save these jobs, even if it means using your own considerable personal fortune to do so.

[19] In 2000 Celtic Manor hosted the PGA Cup, the biennial contest between club professionals from Great Britain and Ireland against the United States.

[20] The Celtic Manor hosted the All*Star Cup, a celebrity golf tournament televised firstly on Sky One in 2005 and then ITV in 2006.

In a similar vein to the Ryder Cup, it pitched European celebrity golfers against American counterparts.

Celebrities such as Ross Kemp, Bruce Forsyth, Jane Seymour and golfing enthusiast Alice Cooper took part.