Langport is a small town as well as civil parish in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The church (which covers just part of the town) has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a different church that consists of much of the town's outskirts. Langport rests on 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 a crucial bridge over the river. Below Langport the Parrett is tidal. The rivers circulation from the southerly hillsides with Thorney Moor as well as Kings Moor, through a gap in between the upland locations around Somerton as well as Curry Rivel, onto the Somerset Levels through which it flows previous Bridgwater to the Bristol Channel. During the winter season the low-lying locations around Langport are sometimes swamped. The community falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having formerly become part of Langport Rural District. The district council is accountable for local preparation and also building control, regional roads, council housing, ecological health, markets and also fairs, reject collection and also recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, recreation services, parks, as well as tourism.