Portballintrae

Portballintrae is a town or village in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland. It has around 2 schools, 1 parks and greens, and 1 restaurants and cafés, with 5 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Bushmills, 1.3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Portballintrae 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

10°CPatchy rain nearby

Today: 11° / 8° · 83% rain
Tomorrow: 13° / 7° · Overcast

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

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

Food hygiene

52 food businesses within 2 miles

43 rated 4–5 ★ (38 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

10 charging locations within ~8 km

2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 150 kW
Nearest: Bayview Hotel (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist Party

East Londonderry

Recent votes:

NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

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 East Londonderry:

Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills96 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth95 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately94 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings82 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
Add fish-eating birds to Schedule 2.1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 198179 local signatures · 15,736 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

Portballintrae · 0.2 km
Portballintrae is a small seaside village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is four miles east of Portrush and two miles west of the Giant's Causeway. In the 2021 census, Portballintrae had a population of 500. I…
River Bush · 0.8 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…
Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway · 0.9 km
The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway (GC&BR) is a 3 ft narrow gauge heritage railway operating between the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills on the coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The line is two miles long.
Bushmills, County Antrim · 1.9 km
Bushmills is a village on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Bushmills had a population of 1,247 in the 2021 Census. It is located 60 miles (97 km) from Belfast, 11 miles (18 km) from Ballycastle and…
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.
Old Bushmills Distillery · 2.2 km
The Old Bushmills Distillery is an Irish whiskey distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, established in 1784 and owned by Proximo Spirits. Bushmills Distillery uses water drawn from Saint Columb's Ri…