Camelot is a former

electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected t ...

of the defunct

South Somerset South Somerset was a local government district in Somerset, England, from 1974 to 2023. The district covered an area of ranging from the borders with Devon, Wiltshire and Dorset to the edge of the Somerset Levels. It had a population of appr ...

District Council in

Somerset Somerset ( , ), Archaism, archaically Somersetshire ( , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east ...

, England. It was one of the wards that made up the former parliamentary constituency of Somerton and Frome. Camelot covered an area of and in 2011 a population of 2,742 was recorded. A rural ward, the

A303 road The A303 is a trunk road in southern England, running between Basingstoke in Hampshire and Honiton in Devon via Stonehenge. Connecting the M3 and the A30, it is part of one of the main routes from London to Devon and Cornwall. It is a prim ...

passes through; it contains the villages of

Marston Magna Marston Magna (also known as Broad or Great Marston) is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated north of Yeovil. The village has a population of 523. History The name Marston Magna means ''larger settlement by a marsh''. I ...

Rimpton Rimpton is a village and civil parish north-west of Sherborne, and north-east of Yeovil on a tributary of the River Parret in the county of Somerset, England. History The parish of Rimpton was part of the Horethorne hundred until about 173 ...

Sparkford Sparkford is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Weston Bampfylde. It is situated near the junction of the A303 road, A303 from London to Exeter and the A359 road, A359 from Frome to Yeovil. In 1 ...

Queen Camel Queen Camel is a village and civil parish, on the River Cam and the A359 road, in the unitary authority of Somerset, England. It is about north of Yeovil. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 908. The parish includes the hamlet ...

West Camel West Camel is a village and civil parish in south Somerset, England, about north of the town of Yeovil. It lies either side of the River Cam, Somerset, River Cam, just south of the A303, and has a population of 459. The parish includes the haml ...

and Weston Bampfylde. The ward was represented by one councillor, most recently Michael Lewis, a member of the Conservative Party who was re-elected in the district elections of 2015, with 68% of the vote.

References

Wards of South Somerset {{Somerset-geo-stub Former wards of the United Kingdom