Pembrokeshire · Village
Part of the Haverfordwest, Tenby & the Pembrokeshire Coast area guide
St Davids
A practical local guide to habitats worth checking and the plants most likely to need careful identification.
Map of St Davids
51.8818, -5.2661
The map shows the general area only. It does not mark confirmed invasive plant sites or individual properties.
About the area
St Davids facts
St Davids 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.
- Britain's smallest city grew around the monastic community founded by Saint David, who died in 589.
- The present cathedral was begun in 1181 by Bishop Peter de Leia in the valley of the River Alun.
- 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 Davids.
This is habitat guidance, not a claim that a particular property or site is infested.
