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.
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
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
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:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s356 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership251 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office142 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test125 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth110 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
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- Derrytrasna · 3.2 km
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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)