[7] The ward itself falls within the county constituency of Yeovil, which has been represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Marcus Fysh of the Conservative Party since 2015.

[8] To the east of the village is Whitevine Meadows, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which consists of a nationally rare type of neutral grassland together with adjoining areas of scrub and ancient woodland.

The Whitevine meadow is unusual in being one of only three British localities where the grass Gaudinia fragilis is a prominent and established component of the sward.

Clearings within the scrub support a mixed flora with saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria), yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata) and autumn gentian (Gentianella amarella).

These sheltered glades provide favourable climatic conditions for butterflies including the marbled white (Melanargia galathea) and the silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia).

It hosted a single Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy match in 2001 between Somerset Cricket Board and Wales Minor Counties.