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Nailsea is a town in North Somerset, England, 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Bristol, [2] and 11 miles (18 km) 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 & Backwell railway station, on the Bristol to Exeter line, is in the village of Backwell, close to the town of Nailsea in North Somerset, England.It is 8 miles (13 km) west of Bristol Temple Meads railway station, and 126 miles (203 km) from London Paddington.
Oil on canvas of The Old Glass Works, Nailsea in about 1810. The glassworks was established by John Robert Lucas, in 1788 because of the plentiful supply of coal for the furnaces, from Elms colliery and other local mines of the Nailsea Basin and outlier of the Bristol Coalfield.
The Bristol Coalfield is a geologically complex coalfield in the west of England. ... and in Somerset, at Bedminster, Ashton, Nailsea and Brislington. But the most ...
The BS postcode area, also known as the Bristol postcode area, [2] is a group of 37 postcode districts in South West England, within eight post towns. These cover the city of Bristol , north Somerset (including Weston-super-Mare , Axbridge , Banwell , Cheddar , Clevedon , Wedmore and Winscombe ) and south Gloucestershire .
North Somerset is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England.The council is based in Weston-super-Mare, the area's largest town.The district also contains the towns of Clevedon, Nailsea and Portishead, along with a number of villages and surrounding rural areas.
Service X7 (Bristol Bus station - Nailsea) also serves the village; between the bus station and Nailsea. The closest motorway is the M5, accessible from junctions 21 and 18. The station in 2018. Nailsea and Backwell railway station is at the north end of the village.
Wraxall is a village in North Somerset, England, about 6 miles (10 km) west of Bristol. Until 1811 the parish of the same name also included Nailsea and Flax Bourton. The village is now within the parish of Wraxall and Failand.