Backwell

Backwell is a human settlement in South West, England.

Population

The population of Backwell is 4,815, in the 2021 census of the United Kingdom1.

In Backwell there are 2,331 males, and 2,484 females.

Location

Backwell is located at a Latitude of 51.40924 (51°24'33.27"N), and Longitude of -2.728655 (-2°43'43.16"W)2.

Elevation

The elevation of Backwell is an average of 87 metres34.

The elevation of Backwell ranges from a low point of about 5 metres, to a high point of about 213 metres.

Nearby to Backwell

Human settlements nearby to Backwell are Flax Bourton, Brockley, Barrow Gurney, and Nailsea.

Woodland coverage of Backwell

Backwell has approximately 12% woodland coverage which is approximately 382.2 hectare of woodland5.

Water coverage of Backwell

How much of Backwell is water? Well, Backwell has 0.27% water coverage, which is 8.2 hectare of water5.

  1. Population values are aggregated by myself from the 178,605 census output areas in England, for the 2021 census of the United Kingdom, and are published on NOMIS official government census website. ↩︎

  2. location is the calculated centroid for geometries published by ONS Geography Linked Data portal. ↩︎

  3. From GDEM V3 (Global Digital Elevation Model V003) dataset I have sampled at a resolution of 13 million per degree latitude and degree longitude. In everyday terms the town of Andover, Hampshire is sampled approximately 45 thousand times. From my testing this is enough to pickup subtle changes in road elevation over small distances, such as a couple of house blocks. ↩︎

  4. The average listed is a median value for elevation samples recorded in the polygon for a given location. ↩︎

  5. Woodland, and water coverage calculated from OpenStreetMap data retrieved February 2024. ↩︎ ↩︎