Burnham on Sea and Highbridge

Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge is a human settlement in Somerset, England.

Population

The population of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge is 19,256, in the 2021 census of the United Kingdom1.

In Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge there are 9,289 males, and 9,967 females.

Location

Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge is located at a Latitude of 51.237314 (51°14'14.33"N), and Longitude of -2.986909 (-2°59'12.87"W)2.

Elevation

The elevation of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge is an average of 8 metres34.

The elevation of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge ranges from a low point of about 0 metres, to a high point of about 32 metres.

Nearby to Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge

Human settlements nearby to Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge are Burnham Without, Brent Knoll, West Huntspill, and Berrow.

Woodland coverage of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge

Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge has approximately 1% woodland coverage which is approximately 24.8 hectare of woodland5.

Water coverage of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge

How much of Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge is water? Well, Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge has 2.03% water coverage, which is 46.7 hectare of water5.

  1. Population values are aggregated by myself from the 178,605 census output areas in England, for the 2021 census of the United Kingdom, and are published on NOMIS official government census website. ↩︎

  2. location is the calculated centroid for geometries published by ONS Geography Linked Data portal. ↩︎

  3. From GDEM V3 (Global Digital Elevation Model V003) dataset I have sampled at a resolution of 13 million per degree latitude and degree longitude. In everyday terms the town of Andover, Hampshire is sampled approximately 45 thousand times. From my testing this is enough to pickup subtle changes in road elevation over small distances, such as a couple of house blocks. ↩︎

  4. The average listed is a median value for elevation samples recorded in the polygon for a given location. ↩︎

  5. Woodland, and water coverage calculated from OpenStreetMap data retrieved February 2024. ↩︎ ↩︎