Martock is a large town and 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 area. The church includes Hurst, approximately one mile south of the town, and also Bower Hinton, which lies at the western end of the town and bounded by Hurst and the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 and also was traditionally a market community. The parish council has responsibility for regional problems, including establishing a yearly principle (neighborhood rate) to cover the council's operating costs and creating annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council examines regional planning applications and deals with the regional cops, district council police officers, and area watch groups on issues of criminal offense, protection, as well as web traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, along with consulting with the district council on the upkeep, repair, and also renovation of freeways, drainage, paths, public transportation, as well as street cleaning. Preservation matters (consisting of trees and also listed buildings) and also ecological issues are also the responsibility of the council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan area 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 in charge of neighborhood planning and also building control, local roadways, council real estate, ecological health, markets and fairs, decline collection and recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most costly regional services such as education and learning, social services, collections, main roads, public transport, policing and also fire services, trading criteria, waste disposal and also strategic preparation. A selecting ward exists in the exact same name. Although Martock is one of the most populous location the ward stretches north to Long Lots. The total population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 5,724. It is likewise part of the Somerton as well as Frome county constituency stood for in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the initial past the message system of political election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which chooses 7 MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.