Martock is a large town and also civil parish in Somerset, England, positioned on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles (11.3 km) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset area. The church consists of Hurst, around one mile south of the town, and Bower Hinton, which lies at the western end of the town as well as bounded by Hurst and the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 and was traditionally a market community. The church council has duty for neighborhood issues, consisting of establishing an annual precept (neighborhood rate) to cover the council's operating costs as well as generating yearly make up public scrutiny. The church council assesses local planning applications as well as deals with the local police, area council policemans, as well as area watch teams on matters of crime, protection, and website traffic. The parish council's function also consists of starting jobs for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, as well as seeking advice from the district council on the upkeep, repair, and also improvement of freeways, drainage, paths, public transport, and road cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees as well as listed structures) and also environmental concerns are additionally the obligation of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having formerly become part of Yeovil Rural Area. The area council is in charge of local preparation and also building control, regional roadways, council housing, environmental health and wellness, markets and fairs, decline collection as well as recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, recreation services, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest and also most costly regional solutions such as education and learning, social services, collections, highways, public transport, policing and fire services, trading criteria, waste disposal and tactical preparation. An electoral ward exists in the same name. Although Martock is one of the most heavily populated area the ward stretches north to Long Load. The complete population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is also part of the Somerton as well as Frome region constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the article system of election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses 7 MEPs making use of the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.