Llanelli & east Carmarthenshire · Village
Part of the Llanelli, Burry Port & the Amman Valley area guide
Felinfoel
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Felinfoel
51.6967, -4.1478
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Felinfoel facts
Felinfoel is a Gower-edge settlement of lanes, hedge banks, farmland and older stone boundaries. It is part of the Llanelli, Burry Port & the Amman Valley area, within about 30 miles of Swansea.
- Felinfoel Brewery, built in 1878 by David John, became the first UK brewery to can beer, in 1935.
- The Victorian gravity-fed brewery still stands astride the River Lliedi in the village.
- 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 Felinfoel.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
