Axbridge
Axbridge is a town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor area on the River Axe, near the southern side of the Mendip Hills. The town's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The community council (which is a church council) has obligation for regional issues. The town council assesses regional planning applications and also works with the local police, district council police officers, and area watch teams on issues of criminal activity, security as well as website traffic. The town council also initiates projects for the maintenance and repair of parish centers, and also talks to the district council on the maintenance, repair work as well as enhancement of freeways, drainage, walkways, public transport and road cleaning. Conservation issues (consisting of trees as well as listed buildings) as well as environmental concerns are likewise the responsibility of the council. Every year members of the community council choose a mayor for the community. The community drops within the non-metropolitan area of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It had belonged to Axbridge Rural District from 1894 to 1974, which was responsible for regional preparation and building control, neighborhood roads, council real estate, ecological wellness, markets and fairs, reject collection and recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, recreation services, parks as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest and also most costly regional services such as education, social services, collections, highways, public transport, policing and also fire solutions, trading standards, garbage disposal and also tactical planning. The town is in Axevale electoral ward. Axbridge is the most heavily populated area however the ward stretches south to Chapel Allerton. The total ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is additionally part of the Wells region constituency stood for in the House of Commons. It chooses one MP by the first-past-the-post system of election. It is likewise part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which chooses six MEPs utilizing the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
