Carmarthen & west Carmarthenshire · Village
Part of the Carmarthen, the Tywi & the Taf Estuary area guide
St Clears
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of St Clears
51.8189, -4.4985
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
St Clears facts
St Clears is a Gower-edge settlement of lanes, hedge banks, farmland and older stone boundaries. It is part of the Carmarthen, the Tywi & the Taf Estuary area, within about 30 miles of Swansea.
- Norman knights built a motte-and-bailey castle here in the late eleventh century.
- The town stands where the Taf meets the Cynin, its priory church dating from around 1100.
- 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 St Clears.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
