River Brue

The River Brue originates in the parish of in , England, and reaches the sea some 50 kilometres west at . It originally took a different route from to the sea, but this was changed by in the twelfth century.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Highbridge and Burnham railway station and The King Alfred School.

Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated on the Bristol to Exeter line in the town of , and also serves the neighbouring town of .

School
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is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in , , England. It is an academy and part of The Priory Learning Trust.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burnham-on-Sea and Huntspill.

Town
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is a seaside town in , England, at the mouth of the , upon . Burnham was a small fishing village until the late 18th century when it began to grow because of its popularity as a seaside resort.

Village
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is a village and former civil parish on the Level in , England. It lies on the A38 road, 1.5 miles south of . The village is the principal settlement in the civil parish of West .

Hamlet
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pawlett is a village and civil parish 4 miles north of , in the English county of . The parish includes the hamlet of . The village has Roman or Saxon origins.

River Brue

Latitude
51.2237° or 51° 13′ 25″ north
Longitude
-2.9932° or 2° 59′ 36″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
9C3V62F4+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 783859075
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Open­Street­Map attribute
intermittent=­yes
Geo­Names ID
2654467
Wiki­data ID
Q4250242
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Satellite Map

Discover River Brue from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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

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