Articlave

Articlave is a town or village in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland. It has 1 school and around 3 restaurants and cafés, along with 4 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Castlerock, 2.3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Articlave area — all from official UK open data.

Council: Causeway Coast and Glens
County: Causeway Coast and Glens

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°CLight rain shower

Today: 11° / 10° · 78% rain
Tomorrow: 16° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:17Sunset 17:05

9h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

36US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Buncranna, Co. Donegal, Ireland

Food hygiene

26 food businesses within 2 miles

22 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£218,871 average▲ 9.6% YoY

Across Causeway Coast and Glens · to 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Fuel prices

Cheapest petrol: 162.7p · Asda (7.9 km)
Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (7.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 150 kW
Nearest: Ulster University (Coleraine) (6.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist Party

East Londonderry

Recent votes:

NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

No overall control

SF 12
DUP 12
Alli 5
UUP 3
SDLP 2
Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

7,540 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,573 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Wellbeing

Life satisfaction7.7
Feeling worthwhile8.1
Happiness yesterday7.6
Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Londonderry:

Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills96 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth95 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately94 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings82 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
Add fish-eating birds to Schedule 2.1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 198179 local signatures · 15,736 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

Castlerock · 0.8 km
Castlerock is a seaside village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is five miles west of Coleraine, and part of Causeway Coast and Glens district. It is very popular with summer tourists, with numerous apartm…
Barmouth railway station (Northern Ireland) · 1.6 km
Barmouth railway station served the village of Articlave and the surrounding area in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
Castlerock railway station · 2.3 km
Castlerock railway station serves the villages of Castlerock, Articlave and their surrounding hamlets in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Walkers use the station to reach Mussenden Temple, Downhill Strand and Ben…
River Bann · 2.9 km
The River Bann is the longest river in Northern Ireland, its length, Upper and Lower Bann combined, being 129 km (80 mi). The total length of the River Bann, including its path through the 30 km (19 mi) long Lough Nea…
Portstewart Strand · 3.0 km
Portstewart Strand is a sandy, two-mile long beach in Portstewart, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on the northern Atlantic Ocean coast of the island of Ireland. It is situated between the popular seaside resort…
Downhill House · 3.1 km
Downhill House was a mansion built in the late 18th century for Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol and Bishop of Derry, at Downhill, County Londonderry. Much of the building was destroyed by fire in 1851 before bei…