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Part of the Brynmill, Uplands & Mount Pleasant area guide

Singleton Park

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

Map of Singleton Park

51.6086, -3.9847

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

About the area

Singleton Park facts

Singleton Park is a managed green space in Swansea with woodland edges, paths and mown and unmown ground side by side. It is part of Brynmill, Uplands & Mount Pleasant within the City and County of Swansea.

  • Covers around 250 acres and includes the Swansea Botanical Complex.
  • Swansea University's original campus sits on its southern edge.
  • Open to the public and maintained as green space within the City and County of Swansea.
  • Mixed woodland, grassland and damp hollows here support birds, insects and small mammals.

General local background, kept separate from the plant guidance below.

Local habitat

Where to look

Woodland edges, paths, damp hollows, unmanaged banks and garden boundaries are the main places where invasive or escaping garden plants can establish around Singleton Park.

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

Plants to recognise

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