Newport & Caerphilly · Village
Part of the Newport, Caerphilly & the Usk area guide
Caerleon
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Caerleon
51.6100, -2.9550
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Caerleon facts
Caerleon is a Gower-edge settlement of lanes, hedge banks, farmland and older stone boundaries. It is part of the Newport, Caerphilly & the Usk area, within about 30 miles of Swansea.
- Caerleon was the Roman fortress of Isca, base of the Second Augustan Legion from around AD 75.
- Its Roman amphitheatre and baths, beside the River Usk, are in Cadw's care.
- 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 Caerleon.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
