Martock is a big town as well as civil church in Somerset, England, positioned on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles (11.3 kilometres) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset area. The parish consists of Hurst, approximately one mile south of the village, and Bower Hinton, which lies at the western end of the town as well as bounded by Hurst and the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 and was historically a market community. The parish council has obligation for local concerns, consisting of setting a yearly principle (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating expense and also creating yearly represent public scrutiny. The parish council assesses local planning applications as well as deals with the regional authorities, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on issues of criminal activity, safety and security, as well as traffic. The parish council's role additionally includes starting tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, along with speaking with the area council on the maintenance, repair service, and enhancement of freeways, drainage, walkways, public transport, as well as road cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and noted buildings) as well as environmental problems are additionally the obligation of the council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually previously belonged to Yeovil Rural Area. The area council is in charge of regional planning and building control, neighborhood roadways, council real estate, ecological wellness, markets as well as fairs, decline collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and also tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest and most costly regional services such as education, social services, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and fire services, trading criteria, garbage disposal and also tactical preparation. An electoral ward exists in the very same name. Although Martock is one of the most populous location the ward stretches north to Long Tons. The complete population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is also part of the Somerton and also Frome region constituency represented in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the article system of election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.