South Wales Valleys · Neighbourhood
Part of the Pontypridd, the Rhondda & Merthyr area guide
Merthyr Tydfil
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Merthyr Tydfil
51.7487, -3.3816
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Merthyr Tydfil facts
Merthyr Tydfil 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 Pontypridd, the Rhondda & Merthyr area, within about 30 miles of Swansea.
- Merthyr's ironworks, including Cyfarthfa, made it the largest town in Wales in the early nineteenth century.
- Cyfarthfa Castle, built for the Crawshay ironmasters in 1824, is now a museum and park.
- 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 Merthyr Tydfil.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
