Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge is a civil parish in Somerset, England. It has a population of 19,576. The parish contains the towns Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge, which share a town council.- Type: Locality with 19,800 residents
- Description: civil parish in Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge (civil parish), Somerset” and “Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include River Brue and Highbridge and Burnham railway station.
River Brue
River
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.
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 to Exeter line in the town of Highbridge, Somerset and also serves the neighbouring town of Burnham-on-Sea.
Burnham-on-Sea High Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
The High lighthouse or pillar lighthouse is one of three lighthouses in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England. A Grade II listed building, it is no longer functional as a lighthouse and has been converted for use as a private dwelling.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burnham-on-Sea and Brent Knoll.
Burnham-on-Sea
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Brent Knoll
Village
Photo: Tim, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brent Knoll, formerly known as South Brent, is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, which lies on the southern edge of Brent Knoll – a hill with a height of 137 metres that dominates the low surrounding landscape of the Somerset Levels.
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. Huntspill is situated 2½ miles south of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge.
Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge
- Category: civil parish
- Location: Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge”
- French: “Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge”
- Irish: “Burnham-on-Sea agus Highbridge”
- Italian: “Burnham on Sea and Highbridge”
- Polish: “Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge”
- Swedish: “Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge”
- Turkish: “Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge”
- Welsh: “Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge”
- “Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge”
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