Neath Port Talbot · Neighbourhood
Part of the Neath, Port Talbot & the Neath Valley area guide
Port Talbot
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Port Talbot
51.5918, -3.7806
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Port Talbot facts
Port Talbot 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 Neath, Port Talbot & the Neath Valley area, within about 30 miles of Swansea.
- Port Talbot Docks opened in 1837, named after industrialist Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot.
- The steelworks, first built between 1901 and 1905, is the UK's largest; its blast furnaces are visible from the M4.
- 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 Port Talbot.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
