Martock is a large village as well as civil church in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles (11.3 km) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset area. The church includes Hurst, approximately one mile south of the town, and Bower Hinton, which lies at the western end of the town and bounded by Hurst and also the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 and also was historically a market community. The church council has obligation for local concerns, consisting of setting a yearly mandate (local price) to cover the council's operating costs and producing yearly accounts for public scrutiny. The church council assesses regional planning applications and also collaborates with the local authorities, district council police officers, as well as area watch teams on issues of criminal offense, security, and website traffic. The parish council's role additionally consists of initiating jobs for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, in addition to talking to the area council on the maintenance, repair, as well as enhancement of freeways, drainage, walkways, public transportation, as well as road cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees and also noted structures) as well as ecological concerns are additionally the responsibility of the council. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having actually formerly become part of Yeovil Rural District. The district council is responsible for neighborhood preparation and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health and wellness, markets and also fairs, decline collection and also recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest and most costly local services such as education and learning, social solutions, collections, highways, public transportation, policing as well as fire services, trading criteria, garbage disposal as well as critical preparation. A selecting ward exists in the very same name. Although Martock is the most populous location the ward stretches north to Long Load. The complete population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is also part of the Somerton and Frome region constituency represented in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the blog post system of political election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs making use of the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.