Langport
Langport is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The parish (which covers only part of the town) has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a separate church that consists of much of the town's outskirts. Langport pushes the east bank of the River Parrett, below the factor where that river is signed up with by the River Yeo (Ivel). There is an embankment across the moor and an essential bridge over the river. Below Langport the Parrett is tidal. The rivers circulation from the southern hills with Thorney Moor as well as Kings Moor, via a void between the upland areas around Somerton and Curry Rivel, onto the Somerset Levels through which it streams past Bridgwater to the Bristol Channel. During the winter season the low-lying areas around Langport are often flooded. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Langport Rural Area. The area council is in charge of regional preparation and also structure control, local roads, council housing, environmental health and wellness, markets and fairs, decline collection and recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and tourist.