The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning.

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

[4] It is also part of the Bridgwater county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Anglican parish Church of St Mary has 11th-century origins and is a Grade I listed building.

[5] In the early 12th century it was granted to Goldcliff Priory in Monmouthshire by its founder Robert de Chandos who was lord of the manor of Woolavington.