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Where is Backwell Common?

Backwell Common is located in the county of Somerset, South West England, one mile south-east of the town of Nailsea, six miles west of the major city of Bristol, 19 miles east of Cardiff, and 113 miles west of London. Backwell Common lies four miles south-east of the Bristol border. Backwell Common falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset. It is in the BS48 postcode district. The post town for Backwell Common is Bristol.

Backwell Common on a map

Map showing extent of Backwell Common as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Backwell Common
Map showing location of Backwell Common within the UK
Location of Backwell Common within the UK

Which county is Backwell Common in?

Backwell Common is in the ceremonial county of Somerset, the historic county of Somerset, and the administrative county of North Somerset.

Ceremonial CountySomerset
Historic CountySomerset
Administrative CountyNorth Somerset

Where is Backwell Common in Somerset?

Backwell Common is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Somerset, and towards the easternmost extremity of Somerset.

Map showing location of Backwell Common within Somerset
Location of Backwell Common within Somerset

What is the postcode for Backwell Common?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Backwell Common is BS48 3AD.

Where is Backwell Common in BS48?

Backwell Common is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the BS48 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the BS48 postcode district.

Map showing location of Backwell Common within BS48
Location of Backwell Common within BS48

What is the post town for Backwell Common?

The post town for Backwell Common is Bristol. Backwell Common is in the BS48 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Bristol.

What is the latitude and longitude of Backwell Common?

The centre of Backwell Common is located at position 51.42586° latitude and -2.73776° longitude.

Latitude51.42586°
Longitude-2.73776°

What is the easting and northing of Backwell Common?

The centre of Backwell Common is located at the grid reference easting 348802 and northing 169909 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting348802
Northing169909

What are the nearest towns to Backwell Common?

Position of Backwell Common relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Backwell Common to the centre of the town.

south-east
1m
Backwell Common is 1 mile south-east of Nailsea
south
4m
Backwell Common is 4 miles south of Portishead
east
5m
Backwell Common is 5 miles east of Clevedon
south-west
9m
Backwell Common is 9 miles south-west of Filton
north
10m
Backwell Common is 10 miles north of Axbridge
west
10m
Backwell Common is 10 miles west of Keynsham
south-west
11m
Backwell Common is 11 miles south-west of Bradley Stoke
south
11m
Backwell Common is 11 miles south of Caldicot
north-east
12m
Backwell Common is 12 miles north-east of Weston-super-Mare
north-west
15m
Backwell Common is 15 miles north-west of Midsomer Norton

What are the nearest cities to Backwell Common?

Position of Backwell Common relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Backwell Common to the centre of the city.

west
6m
Backwell Common is 6 miles west of Bristol
north
16m
Backwell Common is 16 miles north of Wells
south-east
16m
Backwell Common is 16 miles south-east of Newport
west
17m
Backwell Common is 17 miles west of Bath
east
19m
Backwell Common is 19 miles east of Cardiff
south-west
37m
Backwell Common is 37 miles south-west of Gloucester
south
44m
Backwell Common is 44 miles south of Hereford
north-west
48m
Backwell Common is 48 miles north-west of Salisbury
east
54m
Backwell Common is 54 miles east of Swansea
south-west
57m
Backwell Common is 57 miles south-west of Worcester