Bridgwater

Bridgwater is a town in . Notable buildings include the Church of St Mary and Blake Museum, which is a largely restored house in Blake Street and was the birthplace of Admiral Blake in 1598.
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  • Type: Town with 41,300 residents
  • Description: market town in Somerset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Bridgewater” and “Bridgwater, Somerset”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bridgewater Railway Station and Blake Museum.

Railway station
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Bridgwater railway station serves the town of Bridgwater in , . It is on the Bristol to Taunton Line and is operated by Great Western Railway.

Museum
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The is in Bridgwater, , England at what is believed to be the birthplace of Robert Blake, General at Sea. Since April 2009 it has been run by Bridgwater Town Council with help from the Friends of .

Library
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Durleigh and North Petherton.

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Bridgwater in , England. According to the 2011 Census, it had a population of 548. Its nearest town is Bridgwater, which lies approximately 1.6 miles north-east from the village.

Town
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is a town and civil parish in , England, situated on the edge of the eastern foothills of the , and close to the edge of the Somerset Levels. is situated 2½ miles south of Bridgwater.

Hamlet
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is a small hamlet and farming community, within the civil parish of 1 mile east of the M5 motorway 3 miles from Bridgwater, , England. was in the news on 5/12/19 as it was the epicentre of a 3.2 magnitude earthquake.

Bridgwater

Latitude
51.1283° or 51° 7′ 42″ north
Longitude
-3.0037° or 3° 0′ 13″ west
Population
41,300
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
IATA airport code
UBW
United Nations Location Code
GB BRW
Open location code
9C3R4XHW+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 18012187
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2654730
Wiki­data ID
Q914015
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Bridgwater” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بريدجووتر”
  • Asturian: “Bridgwater”
  • Basque: “Bridgwater”
  • Belarusian: “Брыджуотэр”
  • Belarusian: “Брыджўотэр”
  • Bengali: “ব্রিজওয়াটার”
  • Bulgarian: “Бриджуотър”
  • Cebuano: “Bridgwater”
  • Chinese: “Bridgwater”
  • Chinese: “布里奇沃特”
  • Chinese: “桥水”
  • Chinese: “橋水”
  • Czech: “Bridgwater”
  • Dutch: “Bridgwater”
  • Esperanto: “Bridgwater”
  • Finnish: “Bridgwater”
  • French: “Bridgwater”
  • Georgian: “ბრიჯუოტერი”
  • German: “Bridgwater”
  • Gujarati: “બ્રિજવોટર”
  • Hebrew: “ברידג’ווטר”
  • Irish: “Bridgwater”
  • Italian: “Bridgwater”
  • Japanese: “ブリッジウォーター”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರಿಡ್ಜ್ವಾಟರ್”
  • Korean: “브리지워터”
  • Ladin: “Bridgwater”
  • Latin: “Bridgwater”
  • Latin: “Bruga Walteri”
  • Latvian: “Bridžvotera”
  • Lithuanian: “Bridžvoteris”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bridgwater”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bridgwater”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bridgwater”
  • Norwegian: “Bridgwater”
  • Persian: “بریج‌واتر”
  • Polish: “Bridgwater”
  • Portuguese: “Bridgwater”
  • Romanian: “Bridgwater”
  • Russian: “Bridgwater”
  • Russian: “Бриджватер”
  • Russian: “Бриджуотер”
  • Slovak: “Bridgwater”
  • Slovenian: “Bridgwater”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بریج‌واتر”
  • Spanish: “Bridgwater”
  • Swedish: “Bridgwater”
  • Tamil: “பிரிஜிவாட்டர்”
  • Telugu: “బ్రిడ్జ్వాటర్”
  • Ukrainian: “Бріджвотер”
  • Urdu: “برج واٹر، سومرسیٹ”
  • Volapük: “Bridgewater (Somerset)”
  • Volapük: “Bridgewater, Somerset”
  • Volapük: “Bridgwater”
  • Welsh: “Bridgwater”
  • “Bridgwater”

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