Macfinn Lower
Macfinn Lower is a town or village in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland. There are around 1 restaurant and café, 1 bus stop, and the nearest railway station is Damhead Miniature Railway, 3.1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Macfinn Lower area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- County
- Causeway Coast and Glens
Weather
12°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 15° / 8° · 54% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:46Sunset 20:01
13h 15m 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
6 food businesses within 2 miles
- 6 rated 4–5 ★ (3 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)
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 155.7p · Asda (6 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (6 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
19 charging locations within ~8 km
- 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: HRL Route (4.8 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
Local businesses
7,425 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
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:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s263 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership205 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office139 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills120 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
- Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings110 local signatures · 11,744 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Macfin railway station · 0.2 kmMacfin railway station served the village of Macfin and the surrounding area in County Antrim.
- Curragh Bridge Halt railway station · 2.9 km
Curragh Bridge Halt railway station was on the Derry Central Railway which ran from Magherafelt to Macfin Junction in Northern Ireland.
- Balnamore · 3.7 km
Balnamore is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Ballynacree-Skein and lies 3 km west of Ballymoney. It is part Causeway Coast and Glens District Council. Historically it…
- Ballybogy · 4.3 km
Ballybogy, or Ballybogey, is a small village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located 7 km north-north-west of Ballymoney and 7 km east of Coleraine, lying within the Causeway Coast and Glens di…
Agivey River · 4.7 kmThe Agivey River is a medium to large river in County Londonderry. It starts at the confluence of the Ashlamaduff and Formill Rivers up in The Sperrin Mountains in Glenullin and flows through said area and flows onwa…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)