Castledawson

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 16° / 8° · 33% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 20:00

13h 15m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Ballymena Ballykeel, United Kingdom

40 food businesses within 2 miles

• 35 rated 4–5 ★ (30 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£195,453 average▲ 10.5% YoY

Across Mid Ulster · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Castledawson Road Park and Ride (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Mr Cathal Mallaghan

Sinn Féin

Mid Ulster

Source: UK Parliament

No overall control

• SF 19
• DUP 11
• UUP 2
• SDLP 5
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

10,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

18 jobs advertised · £25,844 avg

e.g. Mechanical Engineers, Painter (Metal & Wood Finishes), Cook

Source: Adzuna

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,124 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday8.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)1.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Ulster:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s260 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Urgently review & adjust steel import quota & tariff changes - effective 01/07187 local signatures · 10,229 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership142 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test107 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth68 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Castledawson railway station · 0.3 km

  Castledawson railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway Cookstown branch line, which ran from Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland.

• 
  Castledawson · 0.4 km

  Castledawson is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is mostly within the townland of Shanemullagh, about four miles from the north-western shore of Lough Neagh, and near the market town of Magherafel…

• Moyola Park Golf Club · 0.5 km

  Moyola Park Golf Club is an 18-hole championship golf course set in 130 acres of mature wooded parkland in the Shanemullagh Estate at Castledawson, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1977 by Jam…

• 
  Mill Meadow · 0.5 km

  Mill Meadow is a football stadium in Castledawson, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is the home stadium of local football team Moyola Park F.C. It hosted its first competitive match on 16 January 2010, when Mo…

• 
  Moyola Park · 0.8 km

  Moyola Park is a country estate near Castledawson, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It was formerly the home of Lady Moyola and Lord Moyola, former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. The estate is 450 acres (1.8…

• 
  Castledawson GAC · 2.0 km

  Saint Malachy's GAC Castledawson is a Gaelic Athletic Club from Castledawson, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently compete in gaelic football, hurling and camogie.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)