Highbridge is a small, former market town situated on the edge of the Somerset Degrees near the mouth of the River Brue. It is in the Area of Somerset, and also is approximately 20 miles (32.2 km) north east of Taunton, the county town of Somerset. It is no longer a market town, the market site is currently a housing estate. Highbridge remains in the District of Sedgemoor, being positioned about 7 miles (11.3 km) north of Bridgwater, the area's management centre. Highbridge very closely neighbours Burnham-on-Sea, developing part of the mixed parish of Burnham-on-Sea as well as Highbridge as well as shares a community council with the resort town. In the 2001 census the population was 5,986. In the 2011 census the population of the town was consisted of in the ward of Highbridge as well as Burnham Marine, which completed 7,555.