Pembrokeshire · Village
Part of the Haverfordwest, Tenby & the Pembrokeshire Coast area guide
Begelly
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Begelly
51.7426, -4.7364
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Begelly facts
Begelly is a Gower-edge settlement of lanes, hedge banks, farmland and older stone boundaries. It is part of the Haverfordwest, Tenby & the Pembrokeshire Coast area, within about 30 miles of Swansea.
- An ancient parish, recorded as 'Begely' on a map of 1578, in 'Little England beyond Wales'.
- The village grew with nineteenth-century anthracite mining, joined by tramroad to Saundersfoot harbour from 1834.
- Sits on or close to the Gower Peninsula, the United Kingdom's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, designated in 1956.
- Field boundaries, lanes and older stone walls give the area its long-established rural pattern.
General local background, kept separate from the plant guidance below.
Local habitat
Where to look
Hedge banks, garden edges, lanes, ditches and nearby fields are the main places where invasive or escaping garden plants can establish around Begelly.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
