Martock is a large town as well as civil church in Somerset, England, positioned on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles (11.3 kilometres) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The parish consists of Hurst, around one mile south of the village, and also Bower Hinton, which is located at the western end of the town as well as bounded by Hurst as well as the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 and also was traditionally a market town. The parish council has responsibility for regional issues, including establishing a yearly precept (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating expense as well as producing yearly represent public scrutiny. The church council examines regional preparation applications as well as collaborates with the local authorities, area council police officers, as well as area watch groups on issues of crime, safety, as well as traffic. The parish council's function likewise includes starting tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as seeking advice from the district council on the maintenance, repair, and enhancement of highways, drainage, paths, public transport, and also street cleaning. Conservation issues (consisting of trees and also detailed buildings) and also ecological concerns are additionally the duty of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having formerly become part of Yeovil Rural Area. The district council is in charge of regional planning and also structure control, neighborhood roadways, council real estate, environmental health, markets as well as fairs, decline collection and recycling, burial grounds as well as crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest and most costly regional solutions such as education, social services, collections, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, garbage disposal as well as strategic planning. A selecting ward exists in the very same name. Although Martock is one of the most populous location the ward stretches north to Long Lots. The overall population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is likewise part of the Somerton and also Frome area constituency represented in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the blog post system of election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.