Pembrokeshire · Village
Part of the Haverfordwest, Tenby & the Pembrokeshire Coast area guide
Roch
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Roch
51.8494, -5.0813
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Roch facts
Roch 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.
- Roch Castle was built around 1200 by the Norman knight Adam de Rupe, founder of Pill Priory.
- It stands on a rocky outcrop near the Landsker Line, with views over St Brides Bay.
- 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 Roch.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
