Causeway Coast and Glens

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Causeway Coast and Glens
District and borough
Motto(s): 
Latin: Integerrime Servire, lit.  'service with integrity'
Causeway Coast and Glens district in Northern Ireland.svg
Causeway Coast and Glens shown within Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 55°12′11″N6°30′00″W / 55.203°N 6.500°W / 55.203; -6.500
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Northern Ireland
Incorporated 1 April 2015
Named for Causeway Coast and the Glens of Antrim
Administrative HQCloonavin, Coleraine
Government
[1]
 • TypeDistrict council
 • Body Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
 • ExecutiveCommittee system
 •  Control No overall control
Area
[2]
 • Total
760 sq mi (1,980 km2)
 • Rank 2nd
Population
 (2022) [2]
 • Total
141,316
 • Rank 9th
 • Density180/sq mi (71/km2)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas
BT
Dialling codes 028
ISO 3166 code GB-CCG
GSS code N09000004
Website causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk

Causeway Coast and Glens is a local government district covering most of the northern part of Northern Ireland. It was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the Borough of Ballymoney, the Borough of Coleraine, the Borough of Limavady and the District of Moyle. The local authority is Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.

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Geography

The district covers most of the northern part of Northern Ireland; an area totalling 1796 km2 spanning parts of Counties Antrim and Londonderry. It had a population of around 141,316 in 2022. [3] The name of the new district was announced on 17 September 2008 as 'Causeway Coast' and was revised in February 2009.

Northern Ireland Railways stations

Rail services

NI Railways provides services on the Belfast-Derry railway line between Derry~Londonderry station in the west and east to Belfast Lanyon Place station and Belfast Grand Central station.

The Coleraine-Portrush line provides a service from the interchange at Coleraine station at the south of the branch with Portrush station the station terminal at the north of the branch line.

Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway

The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway is a heritage railway and major tourist attraction.

Coastal physical geography

The area stretches around from the River Roe near Bellarena on the shores of Lough Foyle, with Magilligan Point with Benone Strand on the Atlantic Ocean, and Mussenden Temple perched on the cliffs to Castlerock. At Castlerock the first of the seaside resorts the estuary of the River Bann is reached with crossing points located upstream at Coleraine. From the River Bann the coast includes seaside resorts of Portstewart and Portrush. Further along there is Dunluce Castle, Portballintrae and the town of Bushmills. Whilst Bushmills (home to the world's oldest licensed distillery which has produced the famous Irish whiskey "Bushmills" since 1608). The River Bush is crossed beside the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway, and the Giant's Causeway is nearby. The next place are Ballintoy, and onwards to Ballycastle

The area is popular with tourists and includes some of the best-known physical features of Northern Ireland: the Giant's Causeway (a World Heritage Site), the Glens of Antrim and Rathlin Island, which lies 7 miles off Ballycastle. The coast includes Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge and the small Dunseverick Castle, and the more isolated seaside resort of Ballycastle, with a ferry to Rathlin Island across the Straits of Moyle. From Ballycastle the coastline veers southwards around Fair Head and continues with the North Channel and the settlements of Cushendun, then Cushendall and finally Waterfoot.

Causeway Coast and Glens District Council

Causeway Coast and Glens District Council replaced Ballymoney Borough Council, Coleraine Borough Council, Limavady Borough Council and Moyle District Council. The first election for the new district was originally due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 2008 Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011. [4] The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015.

Settlements

Towns and villages

Freedom of the Borough

The following people, military units, organisations and groups have received the Freedom of the Borough of Causeway Coast and Glens.

Individuals

Military Units

Organisations and Groups

See also

Related Research Articles

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Portrush railway station</span> Station in County Antrim, Northern Ireland

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bellarena</span> Village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Bellarena is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is on the A2 coastal road between Limavady and Coleraine, 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Limavady. The land was settled in the mid-17th century by a Northamptonshire gentleman, William Gage, who bought the lease of the estate – then called Ballymargy from the Irish Baile an Mhargaidh, meaning "town of the market" – from the Lord Bishop of Derry. In the 2001 census the population was 291. The village lies within Causeway Coast and Glens District Council area and the Binevenagh Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with open views eastwards to the scarp slope of Binevenagh. The village gets its name from the Earl Bishop of Derry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Benone</span> Tourist destination in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Benone is a popular tourist destination in the Causeway Coast and Glens district, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Ulster railways, present and past, include:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council</span> Local authority in Northern Ireland

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015. It covers most of the northern coast of Northern Ireland and replaced Ballymoney Borough Council, Coleraine Borough Council, Limavady Borough Council and Moyle District Council. The area covered by the council has a population of 141,745 residents as at the 2021 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ballymoney Borough Council</span> Former local authority in Northern Ireland

Ballymoney Borough Council was the local authority of Ballymoney in Northern Ireland. Originally formed in the 1970s, the council ceased to operate as a separate entity in 2015 when it was combined with other local authorities to form the Causeway Coast and Glens District Council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gerry Mullan (politician)</span> Politician from Northern Ireland

Gerry Mullan is a former Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician from Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for East Londonderry from 2016 until 2017, when he was deselected by the SDLP in favour of John Dallat, who returned to politics following a short retirement.

References

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  2. 1 2 "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics . 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics . 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  4. ↑ Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008
  5. ↑ "Olympic medal winners honoured with the Freedom of the Borough". Coleraine Times. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Peter Chambers rows in with Freedom of the Borough". Belfast Telegraph. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Mervyn Whyte MBE granted the Freedom of the Borough". Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Joan's Freedom of the Borough". Coleraine Times. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "CBC - News". Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "206 BATTERY HONOURED WITH FREEDOM PARADE IN COLERAINE". Reserve Forces & Cadets Association Northern Ireland. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  11. ↑ Black, Rebecca (1 June 2018). "Accusations fly as council row erupts over freedom honour for RAF". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  12. ↑ Mullan, Orla (6 April 2022). "Royal Air Force to be formally granted Freedom of the Borough". Derry Now. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  13. ↑ https://ccg-legacy.mmcsolutions.biz/coleraine/docs/minutes/cm-12-03.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  14. ↑ Corscadden, Jane (21 May 2021). "Royal Portrush Golf Club receives Freedom of the Borough". Q Radio. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "Freedom of the Borough for health care workers". The Coleraine Chronicle. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  16. ↑ "Health workers to be given freedom of Causeway borough". BBC News Northern Ireland. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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