Castle Cary is a tiny market town as well as civil church in south Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 kilometres) north west of Wincanton as well as 8 miles (12.9 kilometres) 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 duty for neighborhood problems, consisting of establishing a yearly principle (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating expense as well as generating annual represent public scrutiny. The Town Council evaluates regional planning applications and deals with the neighborhood authorities, area council policemans, as well as neighbourhood watch teams on matters of criminal offense, security, and also traffic. The Town Council's duty additionally consists of starting jobs for the repair and maintenance of town facilities, along with speaking with the area council on the upkeep, fixing, as well as enhancement of highways, water drainage, paths, public transportation, and road cleansing. Conservation issues (consisting of trees and also listed structures) and ecological problems are the duty of the district council. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having actually formerly been part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is in charge of neighborhood preparation as well as building control, neighborhood roadways, council real estate, environmental health, markets and also fairs, decline collection and recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, and tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and most costly regional solutions such as education and learning, social services, libraries, highways, public transport, policing and fire services, trading criteria, garbage disposal and critical planning. The community is in the Cary selecting 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.