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Bushmills

Bushmills is a village in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 1,309. The area features 2 schools, 1 supermarket, 1 park or green space, and 13 restaurants and cafés, along with 3 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Bushmills, located 0.7 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bushmills 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

14°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 14° / 13° · 77% rain
  • Tomorrow: 15° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 20:03

13h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Ballymena Ballykeel, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

54 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 46 rated 4–5 ★ (39 top)
  • 2 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 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Giants Causeway P'n'R, Bushmills (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Council control

No overall control

  • SF 12
  • DUP 13
  • Alli 5
  • UUP 3
  • SDLP 3
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

7,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Online Portuguese Tutor - Part Time, Cleaning Operative

Source: Adzuna

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 North Antrim:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Bushmills, County Antrim · 0.3 km

    Bushmills is a village on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Bushmills had a population of 1,247 in the 2021 Census. It is located 60 miles (97 km) from Belfast, 11 miles (18 km) from Ballycastle and…

  • Old Bushmills Distillery · 0.3 km

    The Old Bushmills Distillery is an Irish whiskey distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, established in 1784 and owned by Proximo Spirits. Bushmills Distillery uses water drawn from Saint Columb's Ri…

  • Dundarave House · 0.9 km

    Dundarave is a country house in the village of Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was the ancestral seat of the Macnaghten family, which is the chiefly family of Clan Macnaghten.

  • Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway · 1.2 km

    The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway (GC&BR) is a 3 ft narrow gauge heritage railway operating between the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills on the coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The line is two miles (3…

  • Causeway Coast and Glens · 1.2 km

    Causeway Coast and Glens is a local government district covering most of the northern part of Northern Ireland. It was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the Borough of Ballymoney, the Borough of Coleraine, the Boroug…

  • River Bush · 1.8 km

    The River Bush is a river in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The River Bush is 33.5 miles (53.9 km) long. The river's source is in the Antrim Hills at 480m. From there the river flows northwest, with a bend at the to…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Bushmills?
Bushmills is a town in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland, in the Causeway Coast and Glens local authority.
What is the population of Bushmills?
Bushmills has an approximate settlement population of 1,309.