Macosquin
Macosquin is a settlement in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland, with one school and Coleraine railway station 5.1km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Macosquin area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- County
- Causeway Coast and Glens
Weather
13°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 15° / 13° · 59% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 12° · 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
25US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Ballymena Ballykeel, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
13 food businesses within 2 miles
- 13 rated 4–5 ★ (12 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 (5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (5 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
10 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: Roadside Garages (3.1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Your MP
Mr Gregory Campbell
Democratic Unionist Party
East Londonderry
Recent votes:
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140
Source: UK Parliament
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)
Jobs
6 jobs advertised
e.g. Become a Maths Tutor in Macosquin – Flexible & Remote, Become a Guitar Tutor in Macosquin – Flexible & Remote, Online Guitar Tutor - Part Time
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 East Londonderry:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s221 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership202 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office119 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Automatically remove parental responsibility for parents convicted of abuse113 local signatures · 18,434 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test106 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Macosquin Abbey · 0.1 kmMacosquin Abbey, formally known as Clarus Fons, was a Cistercian Monastery in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom. The Monastery was located on Abbey Lane, Macosquin, Northern Ireland.
Macosquin · 0.6 kmMacosquin is a small village, townland, and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-west of Coleraine, on the road to Limavady. In the 2021 Census it had a population of…
North Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 3.0 kmNorth Londonderry was a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Londonderry. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons Act 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern I…
- Mount Sandel Mesolithic site · 3.8 km
The Mount Sandel Mesolithic site is in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, near the River Bann and just to the east of the Iron Age Mount Sandel Fort. It is one of the oldest archaeological sites in Irela…
- Mount Sandel Fort · 3.8 km
Mount Sandel Fort is an Iron Age fort in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The remains of the fort are located close to the Mount Sandel Mesolithic site. Mount Sandel Fort mound is a State Care Histo…
- Irish Society Primary School · 4.3 km
The Irish Society Primary School is a school in Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)