Llanelli & east Carmarthenshire · Neighbourhood
Part of the Llanelli, Burry Port & the Amman Valley area guide
Llanelli
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Llanelli
51.6818, -4.1626
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Llanelli facts
Llanelli 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 Llanelli, Burry Port & the Amman Valley area, within about 30 miles of Swansea.
- Nineteenth-century Llanelli was nicknamed Tinopolis, as most of the world's tinplate came from South Wales.
- The town sits on the River Lliedi, its name possibly from a church founded by St Elli.
- 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 Llanelli.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
