Sedgemoor - Definition and Overview

Sedgemoor District
Shown within Somerset
Geography
Status:	District
Region:	South West England
Admin. County:	Somerset
Area: - Total	Ranked 88th 564.36 km²
Admin. HQ:	Bridgwater
ONS code:	40UC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 198th 107,575 191 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.9% White
Politics
Sedgemoor District Council http://www.sedgemoor.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Ian Liddell-Grainger, David Heathcoat-Amory

Sedgemoor is a local government district of Somerset in England.

A low lying area of land close to sea level between the Quantock and Mendip hills, historically largely marsh (or moor) and contains the bulk of the area also known as the Somerset Levels, including the World's oldest known engineered roadway, the Sweet Track.

Contents

Notable towns

Bridgwater - the administrative center
Burnham on Sea
North Petherton

Villages

Puriton
Westonzoyland

Rivers

River Parrett
River Brue
River Huntspill
King's Sedgemoor Drain

Battles

Battle of Sedgemoor

Industries

Light industry now predominates, but traditional trades include peat extraction, willow crafts and cider making can still be found, in addition to livestock farming. The River Parrett provides a source of eels (anguilla anguilla) and elvers during January through to May.

External link

http://www.somersetbythesea.co.uk/index.asp - Tourist site

Districts of England - South West England
Bath and North East Somerset \| Bournemouth \| Bristol \| Caradon \| Carrick \| Cheltenham \| Christchurch \| Cotswold \| East Devon \| East Dorset \| Exeter \| Forest of Dean \| Gloucester \| Isles of Scilly \| Kennet \| Kerrier \| Mendip \| Mid Devon \| North Cornwall \| North Devon \| North Dorset \| North Somerset \| North Wiltshire \| Penwith \| Plymouth \| Poole \| Purbeck \| Restormel \| Salisbury \| Sedgemoor \| South Gloucestershire \| South Hams \| South Somerset \| Stroud \| Swindon \| Taunton Deane \| Teignbridge \| Tewkesbury \| Torbay \| Torridge \| West Devon \| West Dorset \| West Somerset \| West Wiltshire \| Weymouth and Portland
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cornwall - Devon - Dorset - Gloucestershire - Somerset - Wiltshire

Example Usage of Sedgemoor
	Sophiawriting: Musgrove Willow + new client today.Drove thru Sedgemoor,I see why its called Somerset Levels also why drainage needed,every field 10ft under
	Ben_Edgell: Just noticed, Sedgemoor bottom of Div 1. 2 losses from 2 so far. Only 8 matches in the season, need to start making a come-back.
	Ben_Edgell: I'm predicting 4-2 to the good guys (Sexy Sedgemoor)

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