Castle Cary
Castle Cary is a small market town 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 and on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett. The Town Council has responsibility for local problems, including setting an annual principle (local price) to cover the council's operating costs and also producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The Town Council examines neighborhood planning applications and also works with the neighborhood authorities, district council officers, as well as area watch teams on matters of crime, security, and website traffic. The Community Council's role also includes initiating jobs for the maintenance and repair of town centers, as well as speaking with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and also renovation of highways, drain, walkways, public transport, and also road cleaning. Preservation matters (consisting of trees and also provided structures) and also ecological issues are the duty of the area council. The community falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having formerly belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The district council is accountable for regional preparation and also structure control, neighborhood roads, council real estate, ecological health and wellness, markets as well as fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and tourism. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest as well as most costly local services such as education and learning, social services, collections, highways, public transport, policing and also fire services, trading requirements, garbage disposal and also tactical preparation. The community is in the Cary selecting ward. This stretches south to the North Cadbury parish, and southern west to Babcary. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,502.
