Pembrokeshire · Neighbourhood
Part of the Haverfordwest, Tenby & the Pembrokeshire Coast area guide
Haverfordwest
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Haverfordwest
51.8018, -4.9695
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Haverfordwest facts
Haverfordwest is a built-up part of Swansea where housing, back lanes, walls and small pockets of open ground sit close together. It is part of the Haverfordwest, Tenby & the Pembrokeshire Coast area, within about 30 miles of Swansea.
- Founded by Flemish settlers around 1110 with a Norman castle, it became Pembrokeshire's county town in 1543.
- The town sits on the tidal Western Cleddau, crossed by the Old Bridge of 1726.
- Part of the City and County of Swansea, served by Swansea Council for waste, roads and public land.
- Terraced and semi-detached housing, back lanes and boundary walls are typical of this part of the city.
General local background, kept separate from the plant guidance below.
Local habitat
Where to look
Back lanes, boundary walls, vacant plots and disturbed roadside ground are the main places where invasive or escaping garden plants can establish around Haverfordwest.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
