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Cape Castle

Cape Castle is a settlement in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cape Castle 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

12°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 13° / 11° · 81% rain
  • Tomorrow: 13° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 20:02

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

9 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 8 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
  • 0 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

5 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Ocean View Chalets (5.9 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

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Classroom Assistant (Special Educational Needs)

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

  • Capecastle railway station · 1.7 km

    Capecastle railway station was on the Ballycastle Railway which ran from Ballymoney to Ballycastle in Northern Ireland.

  • Capecastle · 1.8 km

    Capecastle or Cape Castle is a small village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, between Armoy and Ballycastle. It is part of the Causeway Coast and Glens district.

  • Armoy · 2.7 km

    Armoy is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is 5.5 miles (9 km) southwest of Ballycastle and 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Ballymoney. According to an estimate in 2013 by the Northern Ire…

  • Glentaisie · 2.8 km

    Glentaisie is one of the nine Glens of Antrim in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was shaped during the Ice Age by glaciers. The glen is most northerly of the nine glens and lies at the foot of Knocklayde mountain.…

  • Armoy railway station · 2.9 km

    Armoy was a station which served Armoy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was located on the Ballycastle Railway, a narrow gauge railway line which ran from Ballycastle to Ballymoney, entirely in County Antrim, No…

  • North Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 3.7 km

    North Antrim was a constituency of the Northern Ireland House of Commons.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)