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Central Swansea · Neighbourhood

Part of the Sandfields, SA1 & St Thomas area guide

Sandfields

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

Map of Sandfields

51.6178, -3.9525

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

About the area

Sandfields facts

Sandfields 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 Sandfields, SA1 & St Thomas within the City and County of Swansea.

  • 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.
  • Most homes here sit within a short journey of Swansea city centre and Swansea Bay.

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 Sandfields.

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

Plants to recognise

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