Bristol commuter townsBridgwater vs Weston-super-Mare

Bridgwater vs Weston-super-Mare: which commuter town suits you?

Weston-super-Mare is 8 minutes closer to Bristol, but Bridgwater is £5k cheaper on the average sold price.
Bridgwater

#10 of 16

Weston-super-Mare

#8 of 16

Train to Bristol

25 min
17 min

Average house price

£255k
£260k

Price to local earnings

Years of the local authority's median wage

7.2x
7.5x

Crime index

0–100, lower is safer

72
70

Broadband

Average available download speed, from Ofcom

749 Mb
921 Mb

Life satisfaction

ONS, 0–10

7.5
7.6

Historic landmarks

Protected sites within 3 miles

61
20

Parks and fields

Hectares within 3 miles

134 ha
100 ha

Places to eat and drink

Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles

146
211

Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.

The full picture on each

Living in Bridgwater

Somerset · 25 min to Bristol · average sold price £255k.

Read the Bridgwater report

Living in Weston-super-Mare

Somerset · 17 min to Bristol · average sold price £260k.

Read the Weston-super-Mare report

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