Castlerock
Castlerock is a seaside village in County Londonderry, with a population of 1287 in 2011. It's best known for Mussenden Temple perched on its cliffs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Z thomas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 1,480 residents
- Description: seaside village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
- Also known as: “Castlerock, County Londonderry” and “Castlerock, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mussenden Temple and Castlerock railway station.
Mussenden Temple
Photo: D LN, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mussenden Temple is a small circular building located on cliffs near Castlerock in County Londonderry, high above the Atlantic Ocean on the north-western coast of Northern Ireland.
Castlerock railway station
Railway station
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castlerock railway station serves the villages of Castlerock, Articlave and their surrounding hamlets in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Walkers use the station to reach Mussenden Temple, Downhill Strand and Benone.
Hezlett House
Photo: D LN, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hezlett House is a 17th-century thatched cottage located in Castlerock, County Londonderry. Built around 1691, it is one of the oldest buildings still in use anywhere in Ulster.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Articlave and Downhill.
Articlave
Village
Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Articlave is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is on the main A2 coastal road, 7 kilometres west of Coleraine. Castlerock railway station is 1 mile to the north.
Downhill
Hamlet
Photo: Jean Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Downhill is a small village and townland near Castlerock in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated within Causeway Coast and Glens district.
Castlerock
- Category: locality
- Location: Causeway Coast and Glens, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.1648° or 55° 9′ 53″ northLongitude
-6.7884° or 6° 47′ 18″ westPopulation
1,480Elevation
177 feet (54 metres)Open location code
9C7M5676+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 267762414OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2653554Wikidata ID
Q619264
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Castlerock” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Castlerock”
- Cebuano: “Castlerock”
- Dutch: “Castlerock”
- Estonian: “Castlerock”
- French: “Castlerock”
- Irish: “Carraig Ceasail”
- Italian: “Castlerock”
- Malay: “Castlerock”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Castlerock”
- Norwegian: “Castlerock”
- Pali: “कास्त्लेरोच्क”
- Persian: “کسلراک”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Carraig Ceasail”
- Spanish: “Castlerock”
- Swedish: “Castlerock”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Castlerock”. Photo: mvghuber, CC BY 3.0.