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 kilometres) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset area. The church includes Hurst, approximately one mile south of the village, and also Bower Hinton, which lies at the western end of the town 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 parish council has responsibility for regional concerns, consisting of setting an annual mandate (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing yearly accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council reviews regional planning applications and also works with the regional cops, area council police officers, and area watch teams on issues of criminal activity, safety and security, as well as traffic. The parish council's role additionally includes starting tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as speaking with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of freeways, water drainage, footpaths, public transport, and road cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and ecological issues are also the obligation 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 previously been part of Yeovil Rural District. The district council is accountable for neighborhood preparation as well as building control, neighborhood roadways, council housing, ecological health and wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest as well as most expensive local services such as education and learning, social services, collections, main roads, public transportation, policing and also fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and critical preparation. A selecting ward exists in the same name. Although Martock is the most heavily populated location the ward stretches 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 as well as Frome region constituency represented in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the post system of election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses 7 MEPs making use of the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.