The Drones

The Drones is a town or village 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 The Drones 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: 13° / 8° · 72% rain
Tomorrow: 14° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 20:03

13h 20m 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

7 food businesses within 2 miles

6 rated 4–5 ★ (6 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)

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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

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

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Armoy railway station · 3.9 km
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Gracehill railway station · 4.1 km
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Dark Hedges · 4.3 km
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