Castle Cary

Castle Cary is a market town and civil parish in south Somerset, England, 5 miles north west of Wincanton and 8 miles south of Shepton Mallet, at the foot of Lodge Hill and on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle Cary railway station and The Round House.

Castle Cary railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle Cary railway station is on the Reading to Taunton line 115.25 miles south west of London Paddington and the Heart of Wessex Line 47.75 miles south of Bristol Temple Meads.

The Round House

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Andrew

Church

Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Andrew in Ansford, Somerset, England, was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Cadbury and North Barrow.

North Cadbury

Village

Photo: Celiakozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0.

North Cadbury is a village and civil parish 5 miles west of Wincanton, by the River Cam, in Somerset, England. It shares its parish council with nearby Yarlington and its civil parish includes the village of Galhampton, which got its name from the settlement of the rent-paying peasants, and the hamlet of Woolston. North Cadbury is situated 2½ miles south of Castle Cary.

North Barrow

Village

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

North Barrow is a village and civil parish 8 miles to the north-east of Ilchester in the county of Somerset, England.

Yarlington

Village

Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yarlington is a village and civil parish, near the source of the River Cam, in the English county of Somerset. Administratively, Yarlington shares a parish council with nearby North Cadbury.

Castle Cary

Type: Locality
Location: South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.0786° or 51° 4′ 43″ north

Longitude

-2.53° or 2° 31′ 48″ west

Elevation

157 feet (48 metres)

Open location code

9C3V3FHC+C2

GeoNames ID

7301196

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