Castle Cary is a little market community and also 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 as well as on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett. The Town Council has responsibility for regional issues, including setting an annual precept (regional rate) to cover the council's operating expense and generating yearly represent public scrutiny. The Town Council assesses local planning applications and also deals with the regional police, district council policemans, as well as neighbourhood watch teams on matters of criminal offense, security, and website traffic. The Community Council's duty also consists of launching jobs for the repair and maintenance of town centers, as well as talking to the area council on the maintenance, repair, and renovation of highways, drainage, walkways, public transportation, and road cleaning. Preservation issues (including trees as well as detailed buildings) as well as ecological issues are the responsibility of the area council. The community drops within the Non-metropolitan area of South Somerset, which was based on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Wincanton Rural District. The area council is in charge of regional planning as well as structure control, local roads, council real estate, ecological health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and also crematoria, recreation services, parks, and tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest and most costly neighborhood solutions such as education and learning, social solutions, libraries, highways, public transport, policing as well as fire solutions, trading criteria, waste disposal as well as calculated preparation. The town remains in the Cary selecting ward. This stretches southern to the North Cadbury parish, as well as south west to Babcary. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,502.