Concerns over Tenby’s historic town walls needing some urgent TLC have been raised by a local county councillor.

Tenby’s county councillor for the North Ward, Cllr Michael Williams has asked Pembrokeshire County Council to treat a section of the seaside town’s walls which run along the South Parade - as parts of them have become increasingly unkempt.

“Looking at the South Parade walls, I’m concerned at the growth of weeds currently on show, possibly causing damage to the stonework.

“Is there any chance of possibly spraying the walls, or any other method of curtailing the growth? They do look something of a mess,” Cllr Williams stated in correspondence to the Local Authority this week.

The County Council’s head of infrastructure Darren Thomas responded, stating that he hoped the Authority could get a team out to Tenby next week to undergo the work.

“This work will be undertaken by our internal Arborists, working in the Environment team. The plan is to treat them twice this year, once now and then again at the end of the season in September,” responded Mr Thomas.

“Initially, it will be a spray treatment with the team returning once the chemicals have taken effect to cut everything back flush to the walls - as we’re not allowed to extract the weeds directly from the walls,” he added.