Martock is a large village and also civil parish in Somerset, England, located on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles (11.3 kilometres) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset area. The church consists of Hurst, about one mile south of the village, and Bower Hinton, which lies at the western end of the town and also bounded by Hurst and the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 and also was historically a market town. The parish council has duty for regional issues, including setting an annual mandate (regional price) to cover the council's operating costs and also producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council reviews regional preparation applications and also collaborates with the regional police, area council policemans, and also neighbourhood watch teams on issues of criminal activity, protection, as well as web traffic. The parish council's function additionally includes launching tasks for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, along with consulting with the district council on the upkeep, repair work, and enhancement of highways, drainage, walkways, public transport, and road cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees and noted structures) as well as ecological issues are likewise the responsibility of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Yeovil Rural Area. The district council is responsible for neighborhood preparation and also structure control, neighborhood roadways, council real estate, ecological wellness, markets as well as fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the biggest and also most expensive neighborhood services such as education and learning, social solutions, collections, highways, public transport, policing as well as fire services, trading criteria, garbage disposal and strategic planning. An electoral 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 region constituency represented in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It chooses one Member of Parliament (MP) by the very first past the post system of election, and also 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.