Castle Cary is a tiny market town and also civil church in south Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north west of Wincanton and 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 duty for local problems, consisting of establishing a yearly precept (local price) to cover the council's operating expense and generating annual make up public scrutiny. The Town Council examines regional preparation applications and also works with the regional police, district council police officers, as well as neighbourhood watch groups on matters of criminal offense, safety and security, and website traffic. The Town Council's duty also includes launching jobs for the maintenance and repair of community facilities, as well as speaking with the area council on the maintenance, repair service, as well as improvement of freeways, drain, walkways, public transportation, as well as street cleansing. Preservation issues (including trees as well as detailed structures) as well as ecological problems are the obligation of the district council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having actually formerly become part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is responsible for neighborhood preparation as well as building control, neighborhood roads, council housing, environmental wellness, markets as well as fairs, decline collection and also recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the biggest as well as most expensive local solutions such as education, social solutions, collections, main roads, public transportation, policing as well as fire solutions, trading criteria, garbage disposal and also calculated preparation. The community is in the Cary electoral ward. This stretches southern to the North Cadbury church, and also south west to Babcary. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,502.