Stoke-sub-Hamdon (or Stoke sub Hamdon), additionally known as Stoke under Ham, is a big town and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. It is situated 5 miles (8 kilometres) west of Yeovil, with which it is linked by the A3088 road. The church is located near the River Parrett, and consists of the village of East Stoke. The parish council has duty for neighborhood problems, consisting of setting a yearly precept (regional rate) to cover the council's operating costs and also producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council examines regional preparation applications and also deals with the regional authorities, district council police officers, and neighbourhood watch teams on issues of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes launching tasks for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, in addition to speaking with the area council on the maintenance, repair work, and also improvement of highways, drainage, paths, public transport, as well as road cleaning. Preservation matters (consisting of trees and also noted structures) and ecological issues are also the duty of the council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Yeovil Rural District. The area council is in charge of neighborhood preparation and building control, neighborhood roads, council housing, environmental wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, burial grounds as well as crematoria, leisure services, parks, as well as tourism. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the largest and also most expensive regional services such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire solutions, trading standards, garbage disposal and calculated planning. The town is in 'Hamdon' selecting ward. The ward extends southern to Norton sub Hamdon The overall ward population taken at the 2011 Census was 2,711.