Martock is a huge village and also civil parish in Somerset, England, located on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles (11.3 km) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset area. The parish consists of Hurst, roughly one mile south of the village, and also Bower Hinton, which is located at the western end of the town as well as bounded by Hurst and the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 as well as was traditionally a market town. The parish council has responsibility for neighborhood concerns, including setting an annual mandate (regional price) to cover the council's operating expense and also producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The church council evaluates local planning applications and also works with the regional cops, district council police officers, as well as area watch teams on matters of criminal activity, protection, as well as traffic. The parish council's role likewise consists of starting projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, along with talking to the area council on the maintenance, repair, as well as enhancement of freeways, drain, paths, public transport, and road cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees and also provided structures) and also environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually formerly belonged to Yeovil Rural Area. The district council is in charge of neighborhood planning and also structure control, local roads, council housing, ecological health and wellness, markets and also fairs, refuse collection and recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the biggest as well as most pricey neighborhood services such as education and learning, social services, collections, highways, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and also calculated preparation. A selecting ward exists in the very same name. Although Martock is one of the most populated location the ward stretches north to Long Lots. The overall population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is also part of the Somerton and Frome county constituency represented in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the article system of political election, as well as part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt approach of party-list proportional representation.