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Where is Bridgwater?

Bridgwater is located in the county of Somerset, South West England, three miles north of the town of North Petherton, 15 miles south of the major town of Weston-Super-Mare, 25 miles south of Cardiff, and 127 miles west of London. Bridgwater falls within the unitary authority of Somerset. It is in the TA6 postcode district. The post town for Bridgwater is Bridgwater.

Bridgwater on a map

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

Which county is Bridgwater in?

Bridgwater is in the ceremonial county of Somerset, the historic county of Somerset, and the administrative county of Somerset.

Ceremonial CountySomerset
Historic CountySomerset
Administrative CountySomerset

Where is Bridgwater in Somerset?

Bridgwater is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Somerset, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Somerset.

Map showing location of Bridgwater within Somerset
Location of Bridgwater within Somerset

What is the postcode for Bridgwater?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Bridgwater is TA6 3BL.

Where is Bridgwater in TA6?

Bridgwater is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the TA6 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the TA6 postcode district.

Map showing location of Bridgwater within TA6
Location of Bridgwater within TA6

What is the post town for Bridgwater?

The post town for Bridgwater is Bridgwater. Bridgwater is in the TA6 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Bridgwater.

What is the latitude and longitude of Bridgwater?

The centre of Bridgwater is located at position 51.12778° latitude and -3.00641° longitude.

Latitude51.12778°
Longitude-3.00641°

What is the easting and northing of Bridgwater?

The centre of Bridgwater is located at the grid reference easting 329670 and northing 136982 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting329670
Northing136982

What are the nearest towns to Bridgwater?

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

north
3m
Bridgwater is 3 miles north of North Petherton
south
8m
Bridgwater is 8 miles south of Burnham-on-Sea
north-east
9m
Bridgwater is 9 miles north-east of Taunton
north-west
10m
Bridgwater is 10 miles north-west of Langport
west
12m
Bridgwater is 12 miles west of Street
west
13m
Bridgwater is 13 miles west of Glastonbury
north-west
13m
Bridgwater is 13 miles north-west of Somerton
south-west
14m
Bridgwater is 14 miles south-west of Axbridge
north-east
14m
Bridgwater is 14 miles north-east of Wellington
north
14m
Bridgwater is 14 miles north of Ilminster

What are the nearest cities to Bridgwater?

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

west
17m
Bridgwater is 17 miles west of Wells
south
25m
Bridgwater is 25 miles south of Cardiff
south-west
29m
Bridgwater is 29 miles south-west of Bristol
south
32m
Bridgwater is 32 miles south of Newport
south-west
33m
Bridgwater is 33 miles south-west of Bath
north-east
36m
Bridgwater is 36 miles north-east of Exeter
west
53m
Bridgwater is 53 miles west of Salisbury
south-east
53m
Bridgwater is 53 miles south-east of Swansea
south-west
61m
Bridgwater is 61 miles south-west of Gloucester
south
65m
Bridgwater is 65 miles south of Hereford

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