Nailsea

Also known as Nailsea, Somerset

Nailsea is a town and civil parish in North Somerset, England, southwest of Bristol, and northeast of Weston-super-Mare. The nearest village is Backwell, which lies south of Nailsea on the opposite side of the Bristol to Exeter railway line. Nailsea had a population of 15,539 in the 2021 census.

Key facts

UK place.static_image_name: Nailsea and Backwell.JPG
UK place.static_image_alt: lots of house roofs, with trees and grass in the foreground and hills in the distance.
UK place.static_image_caption: Nailsea and Backwell viewed from Backwell Hill
UK place.country: England
UK place.official_name: Nailsea
UK place.population: 15,539
UK place.population_ref: (2021 census)
UK place.civil_parish: Nailsea
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: ST473703

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The town was an industrial centre based on coal mining and glass manufacture, which have now been replaced by service industries. The surrounding North Somerset Levels has wildlife habitats including the Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors Site of Special Scientific Interest and Bucklands Pool/Backwell Lake local nature reserve. Nailsea is close to the M5 motorway and Bristol Airport, and its railway station, Nailsea & Backwell, has services operated by the Great Western Railway.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nailsea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.