Castle Cary is a small market community and civil parish in south Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) 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 obligation for neighborhood concerns, including setting an annual precept (neighborhood price) to cover the council's operating costs and generating yearly make up public scrutiny. The Town Council examines regional planning applications as well as deals with the regional cops, district council officers, and also area watch teams on matters of criminal offense, safety and security, and also traffic. The Town Council's duty additionally consists of initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of town centers, in addition to speaking with the area council on the upkeep, repair service, and also enhancement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, as well as road cleansing. Conservation issues (including trees as well as provided buildings) and also ecological issues are the responsibility of the area council. The town falls 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 district council is accountable for regional planning and also structure control, local roads, council real estate, ecological wellness, markets and also fairs, decline collection and recycling, burial grounds as well as crematoria, leisure solutions, parks, and tourist. Somerset County Council is in charge of running the biggest and also most expensive local services such as education, social solutions, collections, main roads, public transport, policing and fire solutions, trading requirements, waste disposal as well as strategic planning. The community is in the Cary selecting ward. This extends southern to the North Cadbury parish, and south west to Babcary. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 5,502.