Langport is a small town and parish in Somerset, England, situated five miles west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 1,067Somerset County Council, 2002. http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/statistics/contents/population/estimates/2002mye/ Population estimates.. Langport lies on the east bank of the river Parrett, near the point where that river debouches from the hills on to the Somerset Levels through which it flows to the Bristol Channel.