Martock is a big town and civil parish in Somerset, England, located on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles (11.3 kilometres) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The parish includes Hurst, around one mile south of the village, as well as Bower Hinton, which lies at the western end of the town as well as 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 concerns, including setting a yearly mandate (local price) to cover the council's operating costs and also producing annual represent public scrutiny. The church council reviews regional planning applications and deals with the local police, area council policemans, and also neighbourhood watch teams on issues of criminal offense, safety, as well as web traffic. The parish council's role also consists of starting jobs for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, in addition to seeking advice from the district council on the upkeep, repair service, as well as enhancement of highways, drainage, walkways, public transport, and also road cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees as well as noted buildings) and also ecological problems are likewise the obligation of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having formerly been part of Yeovil Rural Area. The district council is accountable for regional preparation and structure control, neighborhood roadways, council real estate, environmental wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection and also recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, recreation services, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and most pricey neighborhood solutions such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transportation, policing and fire services, trading standards, garbage disposal and also critical planning. A selecting ward exists in the very same name. Although Martock is one of the most heavily populated location the ward extends north to Long Tons. The total population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is likewise part of the Somerton and also Frome county constituency stood for in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the blog post system of election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses seven MEPs making use of the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.