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Part of the Brynmill, Uplands & Mount Pleasant area guide

Mount Pleasant

A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.

Map of Mount Pleasant

51.6248, -3.9459

The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.

About the area

Mount Pleasant facts

Mount Pleasant 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 Brynmill, Uplands & Mount Pleasant within the City and County of Swansea.

  • 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.
  • Most homes here sit within a short journey of Swansea city centre and Swansea Bay.

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 Mount Pleasant.

This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.

Plants to recognise

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