Axbridge
Axbridge is a town in Somerset, England, in the Sedgemoor area on the River Axe, near the southerly side of the Mendip Hills. The community's population according to the 2011 census was 2,057. The town council (which is a church council) has obligation for local concerns. The town council assesses neighborhood planning applications as well as collaborates with the neighborhood police, district council policemans, and neighbourhood watch teams on matters of crime, safety and security and web traffic. The community council likewise initiates projects for the repair and maintenance of church centers, as well as seeks advice from the area council on the maintenance, fixing and also renovation of freeways, drainage, walkways, public transportation as well as road cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees as well as provided buildings) as well as environmental problems are additionally the responsibility of the council. Every year participants of the community council choose a mayor for the community. The town falls within the non-metropolitan area of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974, under the City Government Act 1972. It had actually belonged to Axbridge Rural District from 1894 to 1974, which was responsible for neighborhood planning and building control, local roadways, council real estate, ecological health and wellness, markets and also fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, leisure solutions, parks and also tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and most expensive neighborhood solutions such as education, social solutions, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading requirements, garbage disposal as well as critical planning. The town remains in Axevale electoral ward. Axbridge is one of the most populous location but the ward extends south to Chapel Allerton. The overall ward population as taken at the 2011 census is 4,261. It is likewise part of the Wells region constituency represented in the House of Commons. It elects one MP by the first-past-the-post system of election. It is also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament, which chooses 6 MEPs utilizing the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
