Bristol has been ranked one of the 'worst-affected' locations for invasive Japanese Knotweed in the UK and has almost 500 infestations within a four-kilometre radius.
Newly released figures by Invasive plant specialist Environet UK have revealed that Long Ashton, Southmead and Kingswood are among the places most affected in the city.
Using its interactive online tracker to trace the invasive plant species, it found that in the national UK rankings, Bristol falls in second place as one of the worst-affected locations this spring. Preceded by Bolton in first place with 684 and followed by St Helens on Merseyside in third (441).
