The
River Brue originates in the parish of
Brewham in
Somerset, England, and reaches the sea some west at
Burnham-on-Sea. It originally took a different route from
Glastonbury to the sea, but this was changed by
Glastonbury Abbey in the twelfth century. The river provides an important drainage route for water from a low lying area which is prone to flooding which man has tried to manage through
rhynes, canals, artificial rivers and
sluices for centuries.