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Part of the Gowerton, Penclawdd & North Gower area guide

Pontarddulais

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

Map of Pontarddulais

51.7128, -4.0384

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

About the area

Pontarddulais facts

Pontarddulais 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 Gowerton, Penclawdd & North Gower within the City and County of Swansea.

  • Sits on the River Loughor at Swansea's northern boundary with Carmarthenshire.
  • The town is well known for the Pontarddulais Male Choir.
  • 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 Pontarddulais.

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

Plants to recognise

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