Stoke-sub-Hamdon (or Stoke sub Hamdon), also known as Stoke under Ham, is a big town and also civil parish in the South Somerset area of Somerset, England. It is situated 5 miles (8 kilometres) west of Yeovil, with which it is linked by the A3088 roadway. The church lies near the River Parrett, and includes the village of East Stoke. The parish council has duty for local issues, consisting of setting an annual precept (regional price) to cover the council's operating costs as well as producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The church council evaluates local preparation applications as well as works with the local authorities, district council policemans, and area watch teams on matters of criminal activity, protection, as well as traffic. The parish council's role additionally consists of starting tasks for the repair and maintenance of church facilities, as well as seeking advice from the area council on the upkeep, repair service, and also improvement of freeways, water drainage, paths, public transport, and road cleaning. Conservation issues (consisting of trees and also provided buildings) and also environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having actually formerly belonged to Yeovil Rural District. The district council is accountable for regional preparation and also structure control, local roadways, council real estate, ecological health and wellness, markets as well as fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest as well as most costly neighborhood services such as education, social services, collections, main roads, public transport, policing as well as fire solutions, trading standards, garbage disposal as well as strategic planning. The town remains in 'Hamdon' electoral ward. The ward stretches south to Norton sub Hamdon The overall ward population taken at the 2011 Census was 2,711.