Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge is a civil parish on the low-lying Somerset coast of England, sitting where the wide sands of Bridgwater Bay meet the huge tidal range of the Bristol Channel. Burnham-on-Sea is best known as a Victorian seaside town with a long promenade, a distinctive low wooden lighthouse set out on the sands and extensive mudflats and saltmarsh that attract wading birds and nature-watchers; the coastline’s shifting sands and large tides have shaped much of its character and sea-defence history.
Highbridge lies just inland and developed more as a market and light-industrial town with historic river and canal links on the River Brue, while today the pair share local services, a joint parish identity and links by road and rail to larger centres. The area combines tourism and seaside leisure with local manufacturing, a mixed residential population including many retirees, and ongoing efforts at town-centre regeneration that reflect its dual seaside and working-town heritage.