Highbridge
Highbridge is a small, previous market community positioned on the edge of the Somerset Degrees near the mouth of the River Brue. It remains in the County of Somerset, and is approximately 20 miles (32.2 kilometres) north east of Taunton, the county town of Somerset. It is no more a market town, the market site is currently a housing estate. Highbridge remains in the District of Sedgemoor, being situated approximately 7 miles (11.3 km) north of Bridgwater, the area's management centre. Highbridge carefully neighbours Burnham-on-Sea, developing part of the combined parish of Burnham-on-Sea as well as Highbridge and shares a community council with the resort community. 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 and also Burnham Marine, which totalled 7,555.
