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
Weather
8°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 9° / 7° · 85% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:11Sunset 18:07
9h 57m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
18US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
9 food businesses within 2 miles
- 7 rated 4–5 ★ (7 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 2026-07
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 12
- Alli 5
- UUP 3
- SDLP 2
- Oth 6
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
7,540 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
1 jobs advertised
e.g. Cook
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:
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately124 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills121 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings111 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth85 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after57 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Capecastle railway station · 1.7 kmCapecastle railway station was on the Ballycastle Railway which ran from Ballymoney to Ballycastle in Northern Ireland.
Capecastle · 1.8 kmCapecastle 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 kmArmoy 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 kmGlentaisie 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 kmNorth Antrim was a constituency of the Northern Ireland House of Commons.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)