Bridgend coast · Village
Part of the Porthcawl, Kenfig & the Bridgend Coast area guide
Pyle
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Pyle
51.5276, -3.6949
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Pyle facts
Pyle is a Gower-edge settlement of lanes, hedge banks, farmland and older stone boundaries. It is part of the Porthcawl, Kenfig & the Bridgend Coast area, within about 30 miles of Swansea.
- St James's Church was built in 1471 with stone taken from Kenfig's church, lost beneath the sand.
- The Grade I listed church stands on the old road to Margam, in Bridgend county borough.
- 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 Pyle.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
