Queen Camel is a village and civil parish, on the River Cam and the A359 road, in the unitary authority of Somerset, England.

It derives from the Brittonic words found today in modern Welsh as cant ("enclosure, circle, rim") and moel ("bare").

[2][3] The site of a Romano-British settlement has been identified south west of Camel Hill Farm, which was occupied in the 2nd to 4th centuries.

In the tenth century, land in Camel was granted away by the kings Edmund I, Eadwig and Edgar the Peaceful, but by the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 it was held by Gytha of Wessex, after whom the village school, which opened in 1873, is named.

[5] In 1202 the manor was granted to Hubert de Burgh, by King John, who gave it to the monks of Cleeve Abbey.

The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning.

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

[11] It is also part of the Glastonbury and Somerton county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The Church of St Barnabas, reached from a cobbled lane, has a lofty tower, built in five stages.