Martock is a big town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles (11.3 km) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset area. The parish includes Hurst, roughly one mile south of the town, as well as Bower Hinton, which is located at the western end of the town and also bounded by Hurst and also the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 as well as was historically a market town. The church council has obligation for local problems, including setting a yearly principle (neighborhood rate) to cover the council's operating expense and generating yearly accounts for public scrutiny. The church council examines regional preparation applications and also works with the local authorities, area council policemans, as well as area watch groups on matters of criminal activity, protection, and website traffic. The parish council's duty also includes starting jobs for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, along with seeking advice from the district council on the upkeep, repair, and renovation of highways, water drainage, paths, public transport, and also road cleaning. Preservation matters (consisting of trees and noted buildings) and also ecological problems are also the obligation of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually formerly become part of Yeovil Rural Area. The district council is responsible for local planning and structure control, local roadways, council housing, environmental wellness, markets and fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and also most expensive local services such as education, social services, collections, highways, public transport, policing as well as fire services, trading requirements, garbage disposal and critical planning. An electoral ward exists in the exact same name. Although Martock is the most populated area the ward stretches north to Long Load. The total population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is also part of the Somerton and Frome county constituency stood for in your home of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the article system of election, and also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects 7 MEPs making use of the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.