Langport
Langport is a village and 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 community) has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a different church that includes much of the town's borders. Langport rests on the east bank of the River Parrett, below the factor where that river is signed up with by the River Yeo (Ivel). There is an embankment throughout the moor and an important bridge over the river. Below Langport the Parrett is tidal. The rivers flow from the southern hills via Thorney Moor and Kings Moor, with a void in between the upland areas around Somerton as well as Curry Rivel, onto the Somerset Levels through which it streams past Bridgwater to the Bristol Channel. During the winter season the low-lying areas around Langport are occasionally swamped. The community drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously become part of Langport Rural District. The area council is accountable for neighborhood preparation as well as building control, regional roads, council real estate, environmental health, markets and also fairs, reject collection and recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourist.
