Backwell

Backwell is covered by postcode district BS48. It is in the North Somerset council area, England.

Typical price £550,000 Homes sold in Backwell, last 12 months. ▲ 8.7% on the year before Gigabit broadband 61 of 118 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 1 of 123 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 1 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Backwell, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Backwell, by flood risk Of the 123 postcodes in Backwell that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 122 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Backwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A370 BS48 1TH: not on the flood risk listBS48 1TJ: not on the flood risk listBS48 1TN: not on the flood risk listBS48 3AY: not on the flood risk listBS48 3BD: not on the flood risk listBS48 3BE: not on the flood risk listBS48 3BG: not on the flood risk listBS48 3BH: not on the flood risk listBS48 3BJ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3BN: not on the flood risk listBS48 3BP: not on the flood risk listBS48 3BQ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3BS: not on the flood risk listBS48 3BT: not on the flood risk listBS48 3BU: not on the flood risk listBS48 3BW: not on the flood risk listBS48 3BX: not on the flood risk listBS48 3DT: not on the flood risk listBS48 3EU: not on the flood risk listBS48 3EY: not on the flood risk listBS48 3EZ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3FB: not on the flood risk listBS48 3FD: not on the flood risk listBS48 3GY: not on the flood risk listBS48 3GZ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HA: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HB: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HD: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HE: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HF: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HG: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HH: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HL: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HN: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HP: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HQ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HR: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HS: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HT: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HU: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HW: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HX: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HY: not on the flood risk listBS48 3HZ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JB: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JD: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JE: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JF: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JH: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JJ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JL: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JN: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JP: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JQ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JR: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JS: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JT: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JU: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JW: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JX: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JY: not on the flood risk listBS48 3JZ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LA: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LD: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LE: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LF: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LG: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LH: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LJ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LL: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LN: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LP: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LQ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LR: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LS: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LT: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LU: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LW: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LX: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LY: not on the flood risk listBS48 3LZ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NA: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NB: not on the flood risk listBS48 3ND: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NE: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NF: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NG: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NH: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NJ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NL: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NN: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NP: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NQ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NR: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NS: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NT: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NU: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NW: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NX: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NY: not on the flood risk listBS48 3NZ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PA: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PB: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PD: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PE: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PF: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PG: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PH: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PJ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PL: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PN: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PP: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PQ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PS: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PT: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PU: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PW: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PX: not on the flood risk listBS48 3QN: not on the flood risk listBS48 3QW: not on the flood risk listBS48 3RA: not on the flood risk listBS48 3RQ: not on the flood risk listBS48 3PR: high flood risk Backwell Map of every postcode in Backwell, by flood risk Of the 123 postcodes in Backwell that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 122 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Backwell. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Backwell
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 122

Of the 123 postcodes in Backwell that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk and 122 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4149, longitude -2.7406. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

BS48 3PR1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Backwell?

Homes sold for a typical £550,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 8.7% on the 12 months before. At 61 of the 118 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 123 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Tyntesfield Medical Group, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Nailsea & Backwell, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Backwell?

Homes in Backwell sold for a typical £550,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 46 sales, up 8.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£550,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£506,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 8.7% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £668,750 24 sales
  • Semi-detached £435,000 15 sales
  • Terraced £296,000 6 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole BS48 district, Backwell's main postcode district: a typical £385,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Backwell: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Are new homes being built in Backwell?

7 of the 123 postcodes now in use in Backwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 63 homes sold in Backwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BS48 district, 20%.

The newest postcodes

BS48 3FBsince July 2026BS48 3FDsince June 2026BS48 3EZsince April 2026BS48 3EUsince December 2025BS48 3EYsince December 2025BS48 3AYsince March 2021

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn BackwellAcross the BS48 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 46 (2%) 7 of 278 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 63 (0%) 95 of 471 (20%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Backwell?

Ofcom reports on 118 of the 123 postcodes in Backwell. At 61 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit61 of 118
Postcodes where every home can get superfast75 of 118

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Backwell at risk of flooding?

1 of the 123 postcodes in Backwell has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 123 postcodes High: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are in Backwell?

The open schools at the postcodes in Backwell. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Backwell?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Backwell is Nailsea & Backwell Rail Station, 850 m away in a straight line.

  • Nailsea & Backwell Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk
  • Yatton Rail Station Railway station 6.6 kmDrive
  • Shirehampton Rail Station Railway station 8.8 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Backwell?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Backwell. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Backwell safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 222 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Backwell over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 24 September 2025
  2. 22 October 2025
  3. 14 November 2025
  4. 14 December 2025
  5. 11 January 2026
  6. 16 February 2026
  7. 23 March 2026
  8. 16 April 2026
  9. 14 May 2026
  10. 28 June 2026
  11. 24 July 2026
  12. 16 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences76 reports
Anti-social behaviour38 reports
Burglary25 reports
Other theft20 reports
Vehicle crime16 reports
Criminal damage and arson13 reports
Public order11 reports
Other crime8 reports

Also: drugs 7, shoplifting 3, bicycle theft 2, robbery 2, possession of weapons 1.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Backwell?

Council
North Somerset
Parliamentary constituency
North Somerset
Police force area
Avon and Somerset
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Sadik Al-Hassan (Labour)

All 123 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Backwell

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Backwell postcodes

123 postcodes in use in Backwell, by district:

BS48 postcode district,123 postcodes

That district is in the BS postcode area.

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Places near Backwell

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Backwell's £550,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Nailsea2.2 km, £365,000Long Ashton5.8 km, £485,000Wrington6.2 km, £370,000Yatton6.2 km, £339,000Congresbury6.8 km, £366,000Pill and Easton-in-Gordano7.9 km, £368,750Portishead7.9 km, £385,000Clevedon8.2 km, £350,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Backwell

What is it like to live in Backwell?
Homes sold for a typical £550,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 8.7% on the 12 months before. At 61 of the 118 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 123 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Tyntesfield Medical Group, 2.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Nailsea & Backwell, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Backwell?
Backwell is covered by postcode district BS48, across 123 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Backwell in?
Backwell is in the North Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Backwell?
Backwell is in the North Somerset parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sadik Al-Hassan (Labour), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Backwell?
Homes in Backwell sold for a typical £550,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 46 sales, up 8.7% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Backwell?
In Backwell, primary schools at its postcodes include West Leigh Infant School and Backwell Church of England Junior School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Backwell School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Backwell have a railway station?
Yes: Nailsea & Backwell is 850 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Backwell, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Backwell?
Ofcom reports on 118 of the 123 postcodes in Backwell. At 61 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Backwell at risk of flooding?
1 of the 123 postcodes in Backwell has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1 home or business in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Backwell?
7 of the 123 postcodes now in use in Backwell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 63 homes sold in Backwell were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BS48 district, 20%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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