Llanelli & east Carmarthenshire · Village
Part of the Llanelli, Burry Port & the Amman Valley area guide
Kidwelly
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Kidwelly
51.7366, -4.3046
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Kidwelly facts
Kidwelly 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.
- Kidwelly Castle was founded in 1106 by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, after the Norman conquest.
- The Grade I listed castle ruins overlook the River Gwendraeth estuary.
- 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 Kidwelly.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
