The River Huntspill (or Huntspill River) is an artificial river, in the Somerset Levels, in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. It was built in 1940 to supply process water to ROF Bridgwater, and has resulted in reduced flooding of the lower Brue Valley. Huntspill Sluice at the river's western end, also known as West Huntspill Sluice, separates it from the River Parrett.
A large section of the river and its surrounding lands has been designated as a national nature reserve which is managed by the Environment Agency.
Huntspill is a village and former civil parish on the Huntspill Level in Somerset, England. It lies on the A38 road, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Highbridge...
East Huntspill is a village and civil parish on the Huntspill Level, near Highbridge, Somerset, England. The civil parish includes Cote, Hackness and Bason...
Blue Lias. Several rivers flow into the bay, the main ones being the Parrett, Brue and Washford, along with the man-made RiverHuntspill. Major features...
artificial HuntspillRiver was constructed during the Second World War as a reservoir, although it also serves as a drainage channel. The Sowy River between...
Burnham-on-Sea North Petherton Highbridge Axbridge Cheddar River Parrett River Brue RiverHuntspill King's Sedgemoor Drain Battle of Sedgemoor 1685 Light industry...
Washford, several of the man-made drainage ditches, including the RiverHuntspill from the Somerset Levels, and the Cannington Brook from the "Pawlett...
Oldbridge River Pillrow Cut River Axe River Banwell River Brue River Cam River Cary RiverHuntspillRiver Isle River Parrett River Sheppey River Tone River Yeo...
artificial channel that connects it to the RiverHuntspill) and many drainage rhynes). It is connect to the River Axe through several of these channels which...
original (PDF) on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2010. "RiverHuntspill". Somerset Rivers. Archived from the original on 12 October 2015. Retrieved...
Pillrow Cut? Parrett catchment River Parrett (MS) HuntspillRiver (R) Black Ditch (L) Cripps River (Rs) (connects with River Brue) South Drain (Ls) Eighteen...
County History). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 1-904356-33-8. "'Huntspill', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 8: The Poldens and the Levels"...
make it easier for European eels to enter the reserve from the nearby RiverHuntspill and South Drain. The young eels may remain on the reserve for up to...
gallons of water per day were extracted from the nearby artificial RiverHuntspill. Now the extraction rate is probably very much lower, and most, if...
them to improve the course of the River Brue by the straightening of major loops at Highbridge and East Huntspill, and to construct the North and South...
site managed by an approved body. Shapwick, Westhay, Ham Wall and the HuntspillRiver are also National Nature Reserves. The wetland reserves were created...
obtain supplies from the water-logged Somerset Levels: the artificial HuntspillRiver, dug during construction; the King's Sedgemoor Drain, widened at the...
1400–1770; and during the Second World War, with the construction of the HuntspillRiver. Pumping and management of water levels still continues. The North...
Somerset County Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022. "Election results for Huntspill". Somerset County Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022. "Election results for...
parish of Stogursey, and from then until 1933 it was in the parish of Huntspill. A P Baggs; M C Siraut (1992). "Stogursey". A History of the County of...
Valley (including Clapton Moor) may have historically been an estuary of the River Severn. Although Clapton Moor is located near ancient sites like Cadbury...
and Wales, the term "pill" is used, and is found in placenames such as Huntspill. A narrow channel between islands in the Florida Keys is known there as...
Railway Trust archive ref. WSHSD_2019_5_7. "Historical East Huntspill in Somerset". East Huntspill Parish Council. Archived from the original on 2 February...
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