Langport
Langport is a town and also civil parish in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The parish (which covers just part of the town) has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a different parish that consists of much of the community's borders. Langport lies on the east bank of the River Parrett, listed below the point where that river is signed up with by the River Yeo (Ivel). There is an embankment across the moor as well as an important bridge over the river. Below Langport the Parrett is tidal. The rivers circulation from the southern hillsides with Thorney Moor and also Kings Moor, through a void between the upland locations around Somerton and also Curry Rivel, onto the Somerset Levels where it moves past Bridgwater to the Bristol Channel. During the winter the low-lying areas around Langport are sometimes swamped. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having formerly belonged to Langport Rural Area. The area council is in charge of regional preparation as well as building control, local roads, council housing, ecological health and wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection and also recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, and tourism.