[5] Today the site forms a circular earthwork, 27.47 m across and 2.74 m high, with a ditch on the north-west and south-east sides, on the top of a ridge, overlooking a brook which runs into the River Cary and the old Roman road of the Fosse Way.

[7] The parish council was concerned with the insanitary drainage system for the village, but rejected a mains water supply in 1931 as too expensive.

Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

Babcary Meadows to the north of the village is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest because it is one of the last remaining areas of traditionally managed unimproved grassland in south Somerset and contains a rich variety of herbs.

[14] The diarist James Woodforde was curate here from 1764-65 and describes his time in Babcary in his work "The Diary of a Country Parson".