The community moved its synagogue to 3 Queens Hill Crescent, Newport NP9 5HH, until about 1999, when it closed, because it was too large for the requirements of the congregation and the recession in the early part of the Thatcher administration seems to have had its effect too. This lead to the former Ohel being converted and used as the new synagogue as they wanted something smaller and cheaper to maintain. Nina Nathan, the widow of the former President of the community stated to the local paper at the time, 'Jewish people tend to move away if they are not able to make a reasonable living. They will get on their bikes and go. We have lost a lot of people to the recent recession and there has been an exodus among the younger generation who go away to study and ten find jobs elsewhere.'
This arrangement sufficed for the more recent years, but now, sadly, the last resident Jewish member of the community is Ronnie Black, who performs starling duties in maintaining the synagogue and cemeteries.
