River Brue
The River Brue originates in the parish of Brewham in Somerset, England, and reaches the sea some 50 kilometres west at Burnham-on-Sea. It originally took a different route from Glastonbury to the sea, but this was changed by Glastonbury Abbey in the twelfth century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Highbridge and Burnham railway station and The King Alfred School.
Highbridge and Burnham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Highbridge and Burnham railway station is situated on the Bristol Temple Meads - Exeter St David's Line in the town of Highbridge, Somerset and also serves the neighbouring town of Burnham-on-Sea.
The King Alfred School
School
The King Alfred School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Highbridge, Somerset, England. It is an academy and part of The Priory Learning Trust.
St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Evangelist is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Highbridge and Burnham-on-Sea.
Highbridge
Town
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Highbridge is a historic market town on the edge of the Somerset Levels near the mouth of the River Brue in the county of Somerset, England. It is 20 miles northeast of Taunton and 7 miles north of Bridgwater.
Burnham-on-Sea
Town
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Burnham-on-Sea is a seaside town in Somerset, England, at the mouth of the River Parrett, upon Bridgwater Bay. Burnham was a small fishing village until the late 18th century when it began to grow because of its popularity as a seaside resort.
Huntspill
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huntspill is a village and former civil parish on the Huntspill Level in Somerset, England. It lies on the A38 road, 1.5 miles south of Highbridge. The village is the principal settlement in the civil parish of West Huntspill.
River Brue
- Type: River (intermittent)
- Description: river in Somerset, England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2237° or 51° 13′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.9932° or 2° 59′ 36″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9C3V62F4+FPOpenStreetMap ID
way 783859075OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yes
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“River Brue” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Brue ibaia”
- Cebuano: “River Brue”
- Chinese: “布魯河”
- Dutch: “River Brue”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر برو”
- Finnish: “Brue”
- French: “Brue”
- Polish: “Brue”
- Serbian: “Бру”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Brue”
- Slovenian: “Brue”
- Swedish: “River Brue”
- Welsh: “Afon Brue”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Alstone and Burnham Level.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Apex Park and Burnham-on-Sea Fire Station.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “River Brue”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.