Amlosgfa Llwydcoed

A wildflower-rich grassland situated on the site of Llwydcoed Crematorium. Cemeteries often have great conditions for certain flora and fungi to thrive, and with changes to the mowing practices this site is expected to see a greater increase in its biodiversity.

Meadow Thistle | © Sue Westwood

Habitat

The beautiful landscape that wraps around the crematorium is internationally important for its marshy (rhos) pastures and the rare marsh fritillary butterfly. This is south Walian biodiversity at its best, so take a moment to enjoy the beauty of this rare and vulnerable habitat.

Through careful changes in grounds management, we can ensure wildflowers will continue to flourish. Some areas will be left unmown so that wildflowers can bloom and seed before the hay is cut and removed in early autumn.

When to Visit

Come regularly through the spring and summer to see a wonderful succession of rhos pasture flowers. Enjoy the pinks of lousewort and heath spotted orchid, yellows of tormentil, the delicate whites of marsh bedstraw, the gorgeous purples of meadow thistle and southern marsh orchid, and finally in late summer the blue-purple haze of devil’s-bit scabious.

Biodiversity

These flower-rich habitats are great for pollinating insects, including marsh fritillary and small pearl-bordered fritillary butterflies, yellow-barred peat hoverflies and bilberry bumblebees. Swallows spend long summer days skimming flowerheads and catching insects, and lesser horseshoe bats visit at night.