Langport
Langport is a small town and also civil parish in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The parish (which covers just part of the community) has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a different church that includes much of the town's borders. Langport pushes the eastern bank of the River Parrett, below the point where that river is signed up with by the River Yeo (Ivel). There is an embankment across the moor and an important bridge over the river. Below Langport the Parrett is tidal. The rivers circulation from the southern hills via Thorney Moor as well as Kings Moor, via a void in between the upland areas around Somerton and also Curry Rivel, onto the Somerset Levels where it streams previous Bridgwater to the Bristol Channel. Throughout the winter season the low-lying areas around Langport are occasionally swamped. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually formerly become part of Langport Rural District. The district council is in charge of local planning as well as structure control, regional roads, council housing, environmental health and wellness, markets and also fairs, decline collection and also recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, recreation services, parks, and tourism.
