Backwell
Backwell is covered by postcode district BS48. It is in the North Somerset council area, England.
Every postcode in Backwell, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 7
- In use before 2020: 116
Of the 123 postcodes in Backwell that ONS places, 7 are new since 2020 and 116 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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
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.
- 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
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
| Period | In Backwell | Across 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.
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 checkerSource: 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.
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
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.
- Tyntesfield Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01275 866700 2.4 kmCycle
- Clevedon Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01275 335666 7.7 kmDrive
- Portishead Medical Group Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01275 841630 7.8 kmDrive
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
- 24 September 2025
- 22 October 2025
- 14 November 2025
- 14 December 2025
- 11 January 2026
- 16 February 2026
- 23 March 2026
- 16 April 2026
- 14 May 2026
- 28 June 2026
- 24 July 2026
- 16 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
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 postcodeSource: 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.
- Tell North Somerset about council tax Council tax, on n-somerset.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The nearest GP practices
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Backwell postcodes
123 postcodes in use in Backwell, by district:
That district is in the BS postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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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.
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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