Also known as Backwell, Somerset
Backwell is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of North Somerset, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. In 2011 it had a population of 4,589. The village lies about southwest of Bristol, south of the A370 to Weston-super-Mare. The parish includes the hamlets of Backwell Common, Backwell Green, and Backwell Farleigh, and the districts of Backwell West Town and Downside.
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Place details
- Locality
- Backwell
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Backwell
- UK place.civil_parish
- Backwell
- UK place.static_image_name
- Backwell sign.jpg
- UK place.static_image_alt
- Road signs with Backwell in black writing on white background and below it another sign saying village of the year South West and Wales regional winner 1997.
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Village of the Year signs marks the entrance to Backwell.
- UK place.population
- 4,589
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Somerset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Somerset
- UK place.post_town
- BRISTOL
- UK place.postcode_district
- BS48
- UK place.postcode_area
- BS
- UK place.dial_code
- 01275
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST485685
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- North Somerset
- Population
- 4589
- Image
- Backwell sign.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01275
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- Commons category
- Backwell
- postal code
- BS48
- OS grid reference
- ST485685
- P12749
- Robinia pseudoacacia
Sources (2)
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On the map
3 mapped locations