Martock is a huge village as well as civil church 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 parish includes Hurst, about one mile south of the village, and also Bower Hinton, which lies at the western end of the village and also bounded by Hurst as well as the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 and also was historically a market community. The church council has responsibility for local issues, including setting a yearly precept (neighborhood rate) to cover the council's operating expense as well as generating annual accounts for public scrutiny. The church council examines local preparation applications and works with the local police, district council officers, as well as area watch teams on issues of crime, security, as well as traffic. The parish council's role likewise includes initiating tasks for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, in addition to seeking advice from the area council on the maintenance, repair, as well as enhancement of freeways, drain, footpaths, public transport, as well as street cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees as well as provided structures) and also ecological concerns are additionally the duty of the council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having formerly been part of Yeovil Rural Area. The area council is responsible for neighborhood planning and building control, regional roadways, council housing, ecological health, markets as well as fairs, decline collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, and also tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and also most expensive neighborhood services such as education, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and also fire services, trading criteria, waste disposal and strategic planning. An electoral ward exists in the very same name. Although Martock is one of the most populated area the ward extends north to Long Load. The total population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is additionally part of the Somerton and also Frome county constituency represented in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the very first past the message system of election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.