Martock is a huge town and also civil church in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles (11.3 kilometres) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The church includes Hurst, around one mile south of the village, as well as Bower Hinton, which lies at the western end of the village and bounded by Hurst as well as the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 and also was historically a market town. The parish council has duty for neighborhood problems, consisting of setting an annual principle (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating costs and generating annual represent public scrutiny. The church council evaluates regional planning applications and works with the regional cops, district council police officers, and also neighbourhood watch groups on matters of criminal offense, safety and security, and website traffic. The parish council's role likewise consists of launching tasks for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, along with talking to the district council on the upkeep, fixing, and improvement of highways, water drainage, walkways, public transport, and also road cleaning. Conservation matters (consisting of trees as well as detailed structures) and environmental issues are additionally the obligation of the council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Yeovil Rural District. The area council is responsible for local planning as well as building control, regional roads, council housing, ecological wellness, markets and also fairs, decline collection and also recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, recreation services, parks, and tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing as well as fire services, trading standards, garbage disposal and calculated planning. A selecting ward exists in the very same name. Although Martock is the most populous area the ward stretches north to Long Tons. The overall 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 home of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the article 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 method of party-list proportional representation.