Sedgemoor

Sedgemoor Sedgemoor District
Non-metropolitan district
Shown within Somerset
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South West England
Ceremonial county	Somerset
Admin HQ	Bridgwater
Created	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Unitary district
• Leader	Duncan McGinty
• Council ——— Somerset Council
• MPs:	Ian Liddell-Grainger C, James Heappey C
Area
• Total	217.90 sq mi (564.36 km2)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Total	125,752
• Density	580/sq mi (220/km2)
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Post Code	TA5-9
Area code	01278
Website	www.somerset.gov.uk

Sedgemoor is a low-lying area of land in Somerset, England. It lies close to sea level south of the Polden Hills, historically largely marsh (or "moor" in its older sense).^[2] The eastern part is known as King's Sedgemoor, and the western part West Sedgemoor. Sedgemoor is part of the area now known as the Somerset Levels and Moors. Historically the area was known as the site of the Battle of Sedgemoor.

Sedgemoor gave its name to a local government district formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the municipal borough of Bridgwater, the Burnham-on-Sea urban district, Bridgwater Rural District and part of Axbridge Rural District. The district covered a larger area than the historical Sedgemoor, extending north of the Polden Hills across the Somerset Levels and Moors to the Mendip Hills.

On 1 April 2023 the district was abolished and replaced by a new unitary district for the area previously served by Somerset County Council. The replacement council is Somerset Council.^[3] Elections for the new council took place in May 2022, and it ran alongside Sedgemoor and the other councils until their abolition in April 2023.^[4]