Castlerock
Sign in to saveCastlerock is a seaside village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is five miles west of Coleraine, and part of Causeway Coast and Glens district. It is very popular with summer tourists, with numerous apartment blocks and two caravan sites. Castlerock Golf Club has both 9-hole and 18-hole links courses bounded by the beach, the River Bann and the Belfast to Derry railway line. The village had a population of 1,155 people at the 2021 census, and is where near by village Articlave F.C play their home games.
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Place details
- Locality
- Articlave
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Castlerock
- UK place.irish_name
- Carraig Ceasail
- UK place.static_image_name
- Castlerock viewed from beach (2010).jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Castlerock, as seen from Castlerock beach in 2010
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.population
- 1,155
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.irish_grid_reference
- C755341
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- COLERAINE
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- County Londonderry
- Population
- +1155
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Binevenagh Castlerock 2023-05-26 4.jpg
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- County Londonderry
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- History
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- 2001 Census
- 2011 Census
- 2021 Census
- Transport
- Facilities
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- People
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Castlerock is a seaside village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is five miles west of Coleraine, and part of Causeway Coast and Glens district. It is very popular with summer tourists, with numerous apartment blocks and two caravan sites. Castlerock Golf Club has both 9-hole and 18-hole links courses bounded by the beach, the River Bann and the Belfast to Derry railway line. The village had a population of 1,155 people at the 2021 census, and is where near by village Articlave F.C play their home games.
== History == thumb|right|The Earl-Bishop thumb|right|View of Mussenden Temple from the beach Local historical interest is concentrated on the 18th century Bishop of Derry's ruined Downhill House, the Mussenden Temple on the clifftop, and the Black Glen set within the Downhill Estate, which is now owned by the National Trust. The palace and estate were created by Frederick Hervey, 4th Earl of Bristol who was the Bishop of Derry in the 1780s. The Mussenden Temple, with its precarious perch on the basalt cliff edge is one of the most photographed scenes in Ireland.