Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion Rivers Catchment Flood ...

Catchment overview
The Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion
Rivers CFMP covers an area of
approximately 3,300 km 2, and
around 90,000 properties, in the
south west corner of Wales.
The area is largely rural with around
3.5 per cent being urbanised.
Most urban areas are confined
to the coast, including the main
towns of Aberystwyth, Milford
Haven, Cardigan and Fishguard.
Haverfordwest is located some
distance inland but still within
the tidal influence.
There are 673 kilometres of rivers
including the Teifi, Eastern and
Western Cleddau, Rheidol, Clarach,
Ystywyth and Aeron Rivers draining
west into the Irish Sea and south
into the Bristol Channel. They
vary in character between the
short, fast flowing and rapidly
responding catchments of the coast
to the larger, slower responding
watercourses which drain much
larger catchment areas, principally
the River Teifi, and Eastern and
Western Cleddau.
River Teifi – the river is designated a Special Area for Conservation (SAC) for its important habitats and species
4 Environment Agency Wales Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion Rivers Catchment Flood Management Plan
The main land uses are for
agriculture and forestry, with only
small amounts of industry. Tourism
and leisure are also very important
to the area which is exceptionally
rich in environmental, landscape and
archaeological interest – large areas
are within the Pembrokeshire Coast
National Park, and Cambrian and
Preseli Environmentally Sensitive
Areas. There are also numerous
designated sites of international
and national importance.
Map 1 shows the location, extent
and main features of the CFMP area.
“The River Teifi at 122 kilometres is the longest river
in south west Wales, its catchment accounts for around
31 per cent of the CFMP area.”