Langport
Langport is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Somerton in the South Somerset area. The parish (which covers just part of the town) 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 eastern financial institution of the River Parrett, below the point where that river is joined by the River Yeo (Ivel). There is an embankment throughout the moor and a crucial bridge over the river. Below Langport the Parrett is tidal. The rivers circulation from the southerly hills with Thorney Moor and Kings Moor, via a gap between the upland locations around Somerton as well as Curry Rivel, onto the Somerset Levels whereby it streams past Bridgwater to the Bristol Channel. Throughout the winter the low-lying areas around Langport are often flooded. The community falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually previously been part of Langport Rural Area. The district council is accountable for neighborhood planning and structure control, regional roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and also fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and also tourism.
