Martock is a huge town and 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 consists of Hurst, approximately one mile south of the village, and also Bower Hinton, which lies at the western end of the village 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 church council has obligation for neighborhood problems, consisting of establishing a yearly mandate (neighborhood rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing yearly accounts for public scrutiny. The church council reviews regional planning applications and collaborates with the regional police, area council police officers, and also area watch groups on matters of criminal activity, protection, and website traffic. The parish council's role likewise consists of launching jobs for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, in addition to speaking with the district council on the maintenance, repair work, as well as improvement of freeways, drain, paths, public transportation, and also road cleaning. Preservation matters (consisting of trees as well as noted structures) and ecological problems are likewise the responsibility of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having actually previously become part of Yeovil Rural Area. The area council is responsible for local preparation as well as structure control, local roads, council real estate, ecological health, markets and also fairs, refuse collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and most pricey regional services such as education, social services, libraries, highways, public transportation, policing and also fire services, trading requirements, garbage disposal and also calculated planning. An electoral ward exists in the same name. Although Martock is the most populous location the ward extends north to Long Lots. The overall population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is additionally part of the Somerton and also Frome area constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the blog 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 technique of party-list proportional representation.