[2] In the village is Burrow Mump, an ancient earthwork now owned by the National Trust, presented by Major A.C. Barrett in 1946 as a war memorial.

A medieval church dedicated to St Michael from at least the mid-15th century formed a sanctuary for royalist troops in 1645.

The bridge was highlighted in a report made by William Armstrong in 1824, as a factor that would prevent the River Tone Navigation from competing with the new Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, then being built.

A few miles west is the preserved very early Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum, which is in steam on regular occasions.

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

[10] It is also part of the Taunton and Wellington county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of electionand was part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament prior to Britain leaving the European Union in January 2020, which elected six MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.