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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 .
The Battle of Sedgemoor was the last and decisive engagement between the Kingdom of England and rebels led by the Duke of Monmouth during the Monmouth rebellion, fought on 6 July 1685, [1] and took place at Westonzoyland near Bridgwater in Somerset, England, resulting in a victory for the English army.
King's Sedgemoor is a piece of rich animal habitat and farming land, that forms part of the Somerset Levels and Moors in South West England. The area of King's Sedgemoor fell within the Whitley Hundred , [ 1 ]
The Battle of Sedgemoor, where the Monmouth Rebellion was finally crushed in 1685, was fought nearby. Notable buildings include the Church of St Mary and Blake Museum , which is a largely restored house in Blake Street and was the birthplace of Admiral Blake in 1598.
Sedgemoor shown within Somerset and England. Sedgemoor is a low-lying area of land in Somerset, England.It lies close to sea level south of the Polden Hills, forming a large part of the Somerset Levels and Moors, a wetland area between the Mendips and the Blackdown Hills. [1]
West Sedgemoor or West Sedge Moor (grid reference) is an area of the Somerset Levels, in Somerset, England, around 8 miles (13 km) east of Taunton, which approximately coincides with the West Sedgemoor biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, a 1,016 hectare (3.9 sq miles) site notified as an SSSI in 1983.
Just to the north of the village is the Greylake Site of Special Scientific Interest, which consists of 20 low-lying fields in the north west corner of King's Sedgemoor, [8] and includes the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Greylake nature reserve. [9]
King's Sedgemoor Drain is an artificial drainage channel which diverts the River Cary in Somerset, England, along the southern flank of the Polden Hills, to discharge into the River Parrett at Dunball near Bridgwater. As the name suggests, the channel is used to help drain the peat moors of King's Sedgemoor. There was opposition to drainage ...