Pembrokeshire · Village
Part of the Haverfordwest, Tenby & the Pembrokeshire Coast area guide
Crymych
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Crymych
51.9746, -4.6568
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Crymych facts
Crymych 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.
- First mentioned in a 1468 account of the Cemais hundreds; the village only grew after the railway arrived in 1874.
- It sits about 240 metres up at the eastern end of the Preseli Mountains.
- 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 Crymych.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
