Langport
Langport is a small town and also civil parish in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) west of Somerton in the South Somerset area. The church (which covers just part of the town) has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a different parish that consists of much of the town's outskirts. Langport rests on the east bank of the River Parrett, listed below the factor where that river is joined by the River Yeo (Ivel). There is an embankment across the moor as well as an essential bridge over the river. Below Langport the Parrett is tidal. The rivers circulation from the southerly hillsides via Thorney Moor as well as Kings Moor, through a gap between the upland areas around Somerton and also Curry Rivel, onto the Somerset Levels through which it flows past Bridgwater to the Bristol Channel. Throughout the winter season the low-lying areas around Langport are occasionally swamped. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having formerly belonged to Langport Rural District. The district council is accountable for local planning and also building control, regional roads, council real estate, environmental health and wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, recreation services, parks, as well as tourism.