Parks and woodland · Green space
Part of the Sandfields, SA1 & St Thomas area guide
Kilvey Hill
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Kilvey Hill
51.6318, -3.9169
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Kilvey Hill facts
Kilvey Hill is a managed green space in Swansea with woodland edges, paths and mown and unmown ground side by side. It is part of Sandfields, SA1 & St Thomas within the City and County of Swansea.
- Rises to about 193 metres above the east side of Swansea.
- Its slopes were stripped bare by copper smelting fumes in the nineteenth century, then replanted.
- Open to the public and maintained as green space within the City and County of Swansea.
- Mixed woodland, grassland and damp hollows here support birds, insects and small mammals.
General local background, kept separate from the plant guidance below.
Local habitat
Where to look
Woodland edges, paths, damp hollows, unmanaged banks and garden boundaries are the main places where invasive or escaping garden plants can establish around Kilvey Hill.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
