Burnham-on-Sea

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Burnham-on-Sea is a seaside town in Somerset, England, at the mouth of the River Parrett, upon Bridgwater Bay. Burnham was a small fishing village until the late 18th century when it began to grow because of its popularity as a seaside resort. Burnham-on-Sea forms part of the parish of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge and shares a town council with the neighbouring small market town of Highbridge, with which it has become a contiguous built-up area. At the 2021 census, the population of Burnham-on-Sea (which the Office for National Statistics defines as that part of the built-up area west of Pepperall Road and Newtown Lake) was 16,320. Burnham-on-Sea is famous for its low lighthouse. The lighthouse was built in 1832 and is a grade II listed building with a red and white striped facade. The position of the town on the edge of the Somerset Levels and moors where they meet the Bristol Channel, has resulted in a history dominated by land reclamation and sea defences since Roman times. Burnham...

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