Bridgwater Bay

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Bridgwater Bay is one of 177 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset. Only two of the county's SSSIs are larger. Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Station is about 1.2 km away to the east. For more of the same, Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast and Severn Estuary are close by.

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