Highbridge
Highbridge is a small, previous market town located on the edge of the Somerset Degrees near the mouth of the River Brue. It is in the Region of Somerset, and is about 20 miles (32.2 kilometres) north eastern of Taunton, the county town of Somerset. It is no more a market town, the marketplace website is now a housing estate. Highbridge remains in the Area of Sedgemoor, being positioned roughly 7 miles (11.3 kilometres) north of Bridgwater, the area's administrative centre. Highbridge closely neighbours Burnham-on-Sea, creating part of the mixed parish of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge and also 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 and Burnham Marine, which completed 7,555.