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Charlestown

Charlestown is a town or village in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland. There are no listed local amenities or bus stops, but the nearest railway station is Peatlands Park Railway, 6.7 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Charlestown area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
County
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Northern Ireland isn’t covered by some Great Britain data sources, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care ratings, rents, affordability, life expectancy and neighbourhood deprivation aren’t shown here. House prices, weather, air quality, food hygiene, fuel, your MP, council control, petitions and notable places do apply.

Weather

11°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 16° / 9° · 36% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 20:00

13h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Armagh Lonsdale Road, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

6 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 6 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 155.7p · Asda (9.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (9.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7 kW
  • Nearest: Peatland Park Dungannon (6.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Council control

No overall control

  • SF 15
  • DUP 13
  • Alli 4
  • UUP 5
  • SDLP 1
  • Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

10,760 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

26 jobs advertised · £25,113 avg

e.g. Online Italian Tutor - Part Time, Online Guitar Tutoring Job in Charlestown (Cornwall) – Flexible Schedule, Become a Maths Tutor in Charlestown (Cornwall) – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,033 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.1
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Upper Bann:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

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  • The Birches, County Armagh · 2.8 km

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  • Coney Island, Lough Neagh · 2.9 km

    Coney Island is an island in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. It is about 1 km offshore from Maghery in County Armagh, is thickly wooded and of nearly 9 acres (36,000 m2) in area. It lies between the mouths of the River…

  • Derrytrasna · 3.2 km

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  • Tartaraghan · 3.3 km

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  • High Moss Sarsfields GFC · 3.7 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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