Castle Cary is a small market community and also civil parish in south Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 kilometres) north west of Wincanton and also 8 miles (12.9 kilometres) south of Shepton Mallet, at the foot of Lodge Hill as well as on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett. The Town Council has duty for neighborhood concerns, including setting a yearly precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs as well as creating yearly represent public scrutiny. The Town Council examines regional preparation applications and collaborates with the regional police, district council officers, as well as area watch teams on issues of crime, protection, and web traffic. The Community Council's function likewise includes starting tasks for the maintenance and repair of community centers, along with talking to the area council on the maintenance, repair work, and also enhancement of freeways, water drainage, footpaths, public transportation, and road cleaning. Conservation issues (including trees as well as listed buildings) and environmental problems are the obligation of the area council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually previously belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The area council is responsible for local planning and also structure control, local roads, council housing, ecological health, markets and also fairs, refuse collection and also recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, leisure services, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest and also most costly neighborhood services such as education and learning, social services, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, garbage disposal and tactical preparation. The town is in the Cary selecting ward. This extends southern to the North Cadbury parish, and also southern west to Babcary. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,502.