page_title: Burnham-on-Sea
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Burnham-on-Sea / Transport
caption_attribution_description: English: First Great Western's 158766 arrives at Highbridge and Burnham station in Somerset with a Cardiff to Taunton service.
context_page_description: 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 its neighbouring small market town of Highbridge. According to the 2011 census the population of the parish was 19,576, of which the most populous wards 'Burnham Central' and 'Burnham North'; totalled 13,601.
  Burnham-on-Sea is most famous for its low lighthouse. The now-decommissioned lighthouse was built in 1832 and is a Grade-II listed building. The lighthouse is famous for its 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 was seriously affected by the Bristol Channel floods of 1607, with the present curved concrete wall being completed in 1988.
context_section_description: Burnham-on-Sea railway station was the terminus of the Burnham branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, but the tracks continued onto the jetty, where ferry services to South Wales could be boarded. The station opened in 1858 as Burnham, and was renamed Burnham-on-Sea in 1920. It closed to scheduled passenger traffic in 1951 and stopped being used for excursions in 1962. It finally closed to goods traffic in 1963.
  The former Great Western Railway station is now known as Highbridge and Burnham. The station was opened as "Highbridge" on 14 June 1841, when the Bristol and Exeter Railway opened its broad gauge line as far as Bridgwater. A road crossed the line at the north end of the platforms, and a goods shed was provided beyond this on the west side of the line. The Bristol and Exeter Railway amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1876.
  The town is approximately 3 mi (5 km) from the M5 motorway and the A38 road.
caption: Highbridge & Burnham station on the Bristol to Exeter line.
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