page_title: Backwell
section_title: Backwell Lake
hierarchical_section_title: Backwell / Geography / Backwell Lake
caption_attribution_description: Backwell lake.
context_page_description: Backwell is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset and in 2011 had a population of 4,589. The village lies about 7 miles southwest of Bristol, south of the A370 to Weston-super-Mare. The parish includes the hamlets of Backwell Common, Backwell Green, Backwell Farleigh and Lulsgate Bottom, and the districts of Backwell West Town and Downside.
  Nearby are Nailsea, Flax Bourton, Yatton, Brockley and Barrow Gurney.
context_section_description: Backwell lake, which is also known as Buckland's Pool, is next to the road between Nailsea and Backwell at Buckland's Batch. The lake was built as a balancing pond in the mid-1970s It has now become a wildlife haven for birds, bats and dragonflies, which are attracted by the open water and surrounding vegetation. Bird species include gadwall, shoveler, pochard, tufted duck, grey heron and mute swans.
  On 7 January 2018, protesters circled the lake, linking hands, in protest of the proposed building of 700 homes and a four-lane link road in the village by Taylor Wimpey, which is believed will impact the lake and its wildlife.
caption: Backwell lake
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