Castle Cary is a small market community as well as 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 as well as on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett. The Town Council has obligation for neighborhood problems, consisting of establishing an annual principle (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs as well as creating annual make up public scrutiny. The Town Council reviews local preparation applications and deals with the local police, area council officers, and neighbourhood watch teams on matters of crime, safety and security, and web traffic. The Community Council's role also includes launching tasks for the maintenance and repair of town centers, along with talking to the district council on the upkeep, repair service, and improvement of highways, water drainage, footpaths, public transport, as well as road cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees as well as listed buildings) and environmental problems are the duty of the district council. The community drops within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed 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 building control, local roads, council real estate, ecological wellness, markets and also fairs, decline collection and also recycling, burial grounds and also crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourist. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest as well as most pricey local solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transportation, policing as well as fire services, trading criteria, garbage disposal as well as strategic planning. The town is in the Cary selecting ward. This extends southern to the North Cadbury church, and also southern west to Babcary. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,502.