Castle Cary is a small market community and also civil church in south Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north west of Wincanton as well as 8 miles (12.9 km) south of Shepton Mallet, at the foot of Lodge Hill and on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett. The Town Council has duty for local issues, consisting of establishing a yearly mandate (regional rate) to cover the council's operating expense and also creating annual represent public scrutiny. The Town Council assesses neighborhood planning applications and works with the regional police, area council policemans, and also neighbourhood watch teams on matters of criminal offense, safety, as well as website traffic. The Town Council's role likewise includes launching projects for the maintenance and repair of town centers, in addition to seeking advice from the district council on the maintenance, repair work, and also improvement of freeways, water drainage, paths, public transportation, and also road cleaning. Conservation issues (consisting of trees as well as detailed buildings) and also environmental problems are the duty of the area 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 formerly belonged to Wincanton Rural District. The area council is responsible for regional preparation and structure control, regional roadways, council housing, ecological wellness, markets and also fairs, reject collection as well as recycling, cemeteries as well as crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism. Somerset County Council is accountable for running the largest and most expensive regional solutions such as education, social services, collections, highways, public transportation, policing and also fire solutions, trading criteria, garbage disposal and critical preparation. The town is in the Cary electoral ward. This stretches southern to the North Cadbury parish, and south west to Babcary. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,502.