Martock is a big town and civil church in Somerset, England, located on the edge of the Somerset Levels 7 miles (11.3 km) north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset area. The church includes Hurst, around one mile south of the town, and also Bower Hinton, which is located at the western end of the town and also bounded by Hurst and the A303. Martock has a population of 4,766 and was traditionally a market community. The church council has obligation for local problems, consisting of setting an annual precept (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating expense as well as generating annual make up public scrutiny. The church council examines local preparation applications as well as works with the regional police, area council officers, and also neighbourhood watch groups on issues of criminal offense, security, and traffic. The parish council's function also includes initiating projects for the repair and maintenance of parish facilities, along with talking to the area council on the maintenance, repair service, as well as renovation of highways, water drainage, walkways, public transport, and road cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and also detailed structures) and also environmental issues are likewise the responsibility of the council. The village drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually previously become part of Yeovil Rural District. The district council is accountable for regional planning as well as structure control, regional roadways, council real estate, ecological health, markets and also fairs, decline collection and recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, recreation services, parks, and tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and most expensive local services such as education and learning, social services, libraries, main roads, public transportation, policing and fire services, trading requirements, garbage disposal and critical planning. An electoral ward exists in the same name. Although Martock is one of the most populated area the ward extends 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 Frome area constituency represented in your house of Commons of the Parliament of the UK. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the message system of political election, and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs making use of the d'Hondt technique of party-list proportional representation.