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Where is Brean?

Brean is located in the county of Somerset, South West England, four miles north of the town of Burnham-on-Sea, four miles south of the major town of Weston-Super-Mare, 15 miles south-east of Cardiff, and 125 miles west of London. Brean lies five miles south-west of the Bristol border. Brean falls within the unitary authority of Somerset. It is in the TA8 postcode district. The post town for Brean is Burnham-on-Sea.

Brean on a map

Map showing extent of Brean as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Brean
Map showing location of Brean within the UK
Location of Brean within the UK

Which county is Brean in?

Brean is in the ceremonial county of Somerset, the historic county of Somerset, and the administrative county of Somerset.

Ceremonial CountySomerset
Historic CountySomerset
Administrative CountySomerset

Where is Brean in Somerset?

Brean is situated towards the northernmost extremity of Somerset, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Somerset.

Map showing location of Brean within Somerset
Location of Brean within Somerset

What is the postcode for Brean?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Brean is TA8 2RX.

Where is Brean in TA8?

Brean is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the TA8 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the TA8 postcode district.

Map showing location of Brean within TA8
Location of Brean within TA8

What is the post town for Brean?

The post town for Brean is Burnham-on-Sea. Brean is in the TA8 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Burnham-on-Sea.

What is the latitude and longitude of Brean?

The centre of Brean is located at position 51.29245° latitude and -3.01022° longitude.

Latitude51.29245°
Longitude-3.01022°

What is the easting and northing of Brean?

The centre of Brean is located at the grid reference easting 329655 and northing 155298 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting329655
Northing155298

What are the nearest towns to Brean?

Position of Brean relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Brean to the centre of the town.

north
4m
Brean is 4 miles north of Burnham-on-Sea
south
4m
Brean is 4 miles south of Weston-super-Mare
west
8m
Brean is 8 miles west of Axbridge
north
11m
Brean is 11 miles north of Bridgwater
south-west
12m
Brean is 12 miles south-west of Clevedon
south-east
12m
Brean is 12 miles south-east of Penarth
south-east
14m
Brean is 14 miles south-east of Barry
north
14m
Brean is 14 miles north of North Petherton
south-west
15m
Brean is 15 miles south-west of Nailsea
north-east
16m
Brean is 16 miles north-east of Watchet

What are the nearest cities to Brean?

Position of Brean relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Brean to the centre of the city.

south-east
15m
Brean is 15 miles south-east of Cardiff
west
17m
Brean is 17 miles west of Wells
south
20m
Brean is 20 miles south of Newport
south-west
21m
Brean is 21 miles south-west of Bristol
west
29m
Brean is 29 miles west of Bath
north-east
46m
Brean is 46 miles north-east of Exeter
south-east
46m
Brean is 46 miles south-east of Swansea
south-west
51m
Brean is 51 miles south-west of Gloucester
south
54m
Brean is 54 miles south of Hereford
west
55m
Brean is 55 miles west of Salisbury