Highbridge (Somerset)
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Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge Highbridge |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 13 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ W | ||
| OS National Grid | ST320471 | ||
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| Residents | 5986 (status: 2001) | ||
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| Post town | HIGHBRIDGE | ||
| ZIP code section | TA9 | ||
| prefix | 01278 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South West England | ||
| Shire county | Somerset | ||
| Ceremonial county | Somerset | ||
| District | Sedgemoor | ||
| British Parliament | Wells | ||
| Website: Burnham-on-Sea & Highbridge Town Council | |||
Highbridge is a former market town in the south west of England with around 6,000 residents. It forms since April 1, 1974 with Burnham-on-Sea together a community ( Civil Parish ) in the Sedgemoor district in the county of Somerset .
geography
The community is located at the mouth of the River Parrett in the Bristol Channel , which forms its own small estuary here at the southern end of the Severn estuary . It is located about 10 km north of the district capital Bridgwater , about 40 km southeast of Cardiff on the other side of the canal and about 45 km southwest of Bristol .
Economy and Transport
Up until 1974, Portishead Radio from Highbridge was one of the most important coastal radio stations in the world. In 2017 the company Quintillion plans to land its Arctic fiber optic project Arctic Fiber here. A few kilometers to the west is the Hinkley Point nuclear power plant with two active reactors and the only two British new buildings whose operating license was agreed with the China General Nuclear Power Group until 2083.
The station was opened in 1844, the route operated Glastonbury first with a track width of 2140 mm and was mm to 1435 in 1862 umgespurt . In the east of the municipality, the A38 branches off the M5 at Brent Knoll .
Town twinning
Fritzlar in Hesse , Germany is the municipality's twin town.
sons and daughters of the town
- Frank Foley (1884–1958), intelligence officer and refugee helper ( Righteous Among the Nations )
- Edward J. Higgins (1864–1947), General of the Salvation Army
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hinkley Point C developers face £ 7.2bn cleanup bill at end of nuclear plant's life ǀ Environment ǀ The Guardian. Retrieved August 17, 2020 .