Stoke-sub-Hamdon (or Stoke sub Hamdon), additionally referred to as Stoke under Ham, is a big village as well as civil parish in the South Somerset area of Somerset, England. It is located 5 miles (8 kilometres) west of Yeovil, with which it is connected by the A3088 roadway. The parish is located near the River Parrett, and consists of the town of East Stoke. The church council has responsibility for neighborhood problems, including establishing an annual mandate (neighborhood rate) to cover the council's operating expense and also generating annual accounts for public scrutiny. The church council examines neighborhood planning applications and also collaborates with the local police, district council officers, as well as neighbourhood watch teams on issues of criminal activity, protection, and also traffic. The parish council's duty also includes launching jobs for the maintenance and repair of church facilities, as well as seeking advice from the area council on the maintenance, repair work, and renovation of freeways, water drainage, footpaths, public transportation, as well as street cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees as well as listed buildings) and also ecological issues are also the obligation of the council. The village falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having actually formerly belonged to Yeovil Rural District. The area council is accountable for local planning as well as building control, regional roads, council housing, environmental health, markets as well as fairs, reject collection and also recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest as well as most pricey local services such as education, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and fire services, trading criteria, garbage disposal and also critical preparation. The town remains in 'Hamdon' electoral ward. The ward extends south to Norton sub Hamdon The complete ward population taken at the 2011 Census was 2,711.