Pembrokeshire · Village
Part of the Haverfordwest, Tenby & the Pembrokeshire Coast area guide
Penally
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Penally
51.6593, -4.7231
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Penally facts
Penally is a Gower-edge settlement of lanes, hedge banks, farmland and older stone boundaries. It is part of the Haverfordwest, Tenby & the Pembrokeshire Coast area, within about 30 miles of Swansea.
- The church of St Nicholas and St Teilo has records dating back to a vicar named William in 1363.
- Tides cut the village off from Tenby twice daily until a railway embankment was built in the 1850s.
- 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 Penally.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
