Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

[7] It is also part of Glastonbury and Somerton county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Breeding butterflies typical of unimproved neutral grassland include small copper (Lycaena phaeas), meadow brown (Maniola jurtina), grayling (Hipparchia semele) and ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus).

[8] Within the parish and close to the border with Wiltshire is the 49 metres (161 ft) high King Alfred's Tower, a grade I listed building,[9] designed in 1765 by Henry Flitcroft.

The Church of Saint John the Baptist in South Brewham has 13th-century origins, however the current building is largely from the late 19th century.