Langport is a town and also civil parish in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Somerton in the South Somerset area. The church (which covers just part of the community) has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a separate parish that consists of much of the town's outskirts. Langport rests on the east bank of the River Parrett, listed 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 flow from the southern hills through Thorney Moor and also Kings Moor, with a void between the upland locations around Somerton and also Curry Rivel, onto the Somerset Levels whereby it streams past Bridgwater to the Bristol Channel. Throughout the winter months the low-lying areas around Langport are sometimes swamped. The community falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having actually previously been part of Langport Rural Area. The district council is in charge of regional planning as well as building control, regional roads, council real estate, ecological health, markets and also fairs, refuse collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, recreation services, parks, as well as tourism.