Pembrokeshire · Coast
Part of the Haverfordwest, Tenby & the Pembrokeshire Coast area guide
Solva
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of Solva
51.8742, -5.1966
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
Solva facts
Solva is an exposed stretch of the Swansea and Gower coastline, shaped by salt wind, sand and rock. It is part of the Haverfordwest, Tenby & the Pembrokeshire Coast area, within about 30 miles of Swansea.
- The harbourside limekilns, used until about 1900, burned limestone for one of the village's main industries.
- Equipment for the Smalls lighthouse, the world's earliest pile-built lighthouse, was shipped from here in 1775.
- Forms part of Swansea's coastline along the Bristol Channel, where the tidal range is among the largest in the world.
- Cliffs, dunes and shingle here support specialised plants that cope with salt, wind and shifting sand.
General local background, kept separate from the plant guidance below.
Local habitat
Where to look
Cliffs, dunes, coast-path edges, scrub and disturbed beach approaches are the main places where invasive or escaping garden plants can establish around Solva.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
