Castle Cary
Castle Cary is a little market community and also civil parish in south Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 kilometres) north west of Wincanton and 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 responsibility for local problems, including setting an annual precept (local price) to cover the council's operating costs as well as creating yearly accounts for public scrutiny. The Town Council assesses neighborhood preparation applications and also deals with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on issues of crime, safety, and traffic. The Community Council's function additionally includes initiating projects for the repair and maintenance of town facilities, as well as speaking with the district council on the maintenance, repair service, and also renovation of freeways, drain, footpaths, public transportation, and road cleansing. Preservation matters (including trees as well as noted structures) and environmental concerns are the duty of the district council. The community falls within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The district council is responsible for neighborhood planning as well as building control, regional roadways, council housing, environmental wellness, markets and also fairs, decline collection as well as recycling, burial grounds and crematoria, recreation services, parks, as well as tourist. Somerset County Council is responsible for running the biggest and also most expensive local services such as education and learning, social services, collections, highways, public transportation, policing as well as fire services, trading criteria, garbage disposal and critical preparation. The community is in the Cary electoral ward. This stretches southern to the North Cadbury church, and also southern west to Babcary. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,502.
