Causeway Head

Causeway Head is a town or village in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland. It has around 1 park or green space, 2 restaurants and cafés, 6 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Giant's Causeway, 1km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Causeway Head 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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

Today: 11° / 8° · 83% rain
Tomorrow: 13° / 8° · Light rain

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 08:12Sunset 18:08

9h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

Food hygiene

41 food businesses within 2 miles

32 rated 4–5 ★ (27 top)
3 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

Fastest nearby: 22 kW
Nearest: Giants Causeway Visitors Centre (0.8 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

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 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

Giant's Causeway · 1.3 km
The Giant's Causeway is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption, part of the North Atlantic Igneous Province active in the region during the Pale…
Girona (ship) · 1.8 km
La Girona was a galleass of the 1588 Spanish Armada that foundered and sank off Lacada Point, County Antrim, on the night of 26 October 1588, after making its way eastward along the north coast of Ulster. The wreck is…
Dundarave House · 2.2 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.
Benbane Head · 2.2 km
Benbane Head, or Benbane, is the northernmost point of mainland Northern Ireland. It is in County Antrim, near the Giant's Causeway, which lies between Causeway Head and Benbane Head. The nearest settlements are Bushm…
River Bush · 2.3 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…
Ulster Way · 2.5 km
The Ulster Way is a series of walking routes which encircles Northern Ireland. It was founded in the 1970s by Wilfrid Merydith Capper, who was inspired by Tom Stephenson's Pennine Way. The route was relaunched in 2009…