Castle Cary
Castle Cary is a tiny market community and also civil parish in south Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north west of Wincanton and also 8 miles (12.9 km) south of Shepton Mallet, at the foot of Lodge Hill and also on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett. The Town Council has obligation for regional concerns, including establishing a yearly precept (regional price) to cover the council's operating costs as well as producing yearly accounts for public scrutiny. The Town Council reviews local preparation applications as well as deals with the local police, district council policemans, and also neighbourhood watch groups on issues of crime, safety, and traffic. The Town Council's function additionally includes initiating tasks for the maintenance and repair of community facilities, as well as talking to the district council on the upkeep, repair, and renovation of freeways, drainage, footpaths, public transportation, and street cleaning. Preservation matters (including trees and provided buildings) and also environmental problems are the duty of the district council. The town drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously become part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is accountable for neighborhood preparation as well as building control, local roads, council real estate, ecological health and wellness, markets as well as fairs, refuse collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and most expensive local services such as education and learning, social services, libraries, highways, public transport, policing as well as fire solutions, trading standards, waste disposal and also calculated preparation. The town is in the Cary electoral ward. This stretches southern to the North Cadbury church, as well as southern west to Babcary. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,502.