Martock is a large village and also civil parish in Somerset, England, located 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, about one mile south of the town, and Bower Hinton, which is located at the western end of the town and bounded by Hurst and also the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 as well as was traditionally a market community. The parish council has duty for neighborhood concerns, including setting an annual precept (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating costs and also generating yearly accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council assesses regional preparation applications and collaborates with the regional police, district council officers, as well as neighbourhood watch teams on issues of crime, protection, and also web traffic. The parish council's duty also includes launching tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, fixing, and renovation of freeways, drainage, paths, public transportation, and also road cleaning. Conservation issues (consisting of trees as well as provided buildings) and environmental issues are additionally the duty of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Yeovil Rural Area. The district council is in charge of neighborhood planning and also building control, local roadways, council housing, environmental health and wellness, markets as well as fairs, decline collection and also recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest and also most expensive regional services such as education, social services, libraries, highways, public transportation, policing and fire services, trading requirements, waste disposal and critical preparation. A selecting ward exists in the same name. Although Martock is the most populated location the ward extends north to Long Load. The overall population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is additionally part of the Somerton and also Frome region constituency stood for in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.