Castle Cary
Castle Cary is a small market community and civil church in south Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 kilometres) 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 obligation for neighborhood problems, including establishing a yearly mandate (regional rate) to cover the council's operating expense as well as generating annual make up public scrutiny. The Town Council assesses regional planning applications as well as works with the local authorities, district council policemans, and also neighbourhood watch groups on matters of criminal offense, security, and website traffic. The Town Council's role also includes launching projects for the maintenance and repair of community centers, along with talking to the district council on the upkeep, repair work, and improvement of highways, drain, walkways, public transport, as well as road cleaning. Preservation issues (consisting of trees as well as noted buildings) and environmental concerns are the duty of the area council. The town falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the City Government Act 1972, having actually previously become part of Wincanton Rural District. The district council is accountable for neighborhood planning and structure control, neighborhood roadways, council real estate, environmental health and wellness, markets and fairs, decline collection as well as recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, recreation solutions, parks, and also tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and also most costly regional solutions such as education and learning, social services, libraries, highways, public transport, policing as well as fire services, trading criteria, garbage disposal and also calculated planning. The community is in the Cary electoral ward. This stretches southern to the North Cadbury parish, and southern west to Babcary. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,502.
