Sedgemoor

{{Short description|Former non-metropolitan district in England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}

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| subdivision_name4 = Somerset Council

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| postal_code = TA5-9

| area_code = 01278

| website = {{url|http://www.somerset.gov.uk/}}

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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).{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15100 |title=Introduction |editor=Robert Dunning |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=2004 |work=A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 8: The Poldens and the Levels |access-date=1 August 2011 }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://newsomersetcouncil.org.uk/faqs/|title=Frequently asked questions|publisher=Somerset County Council|accessdate=1 January 2022}}

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.{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-59502512 | newspaper = BBC News | title = Elections for new Somerset Council to be held in May 2022 | date = 2 December 2021 | access-date = 1 January 2022}}