Castor Bay
Castor Bay is a monitoring station in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland. Castor Bay is situated nearby to Oxford Island National Nature Reserve, as well as near the village Aghalee.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lurgan railway station and Lurgan College.
Lurgan railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lurgan railway station serves the town of Lurgan in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Located on William Street, the station is owned by Translink. With 734,383 passengers boarding or alighting at the station in the year 2024/25 financial year, Lurgan is the 11th-busiest station in Northern Ireland. Lurgan railway station is situated 2½ miles south of Castor Bay.
Lurgan College
School
Lurgan College is a selective, non-denominational, co-educational 14-19 Grammar School, situated in the town of Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Lurgan College is situated 2 miles south of Castor Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lurgan and Aghalee.
Lurgan
Photo: Notafly, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lurgan is a town historically in County Armagh in Northern Ireland - those counties are no longer units of government so it's now part of Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District.
Aghalee
Village
Photo: P Flannagan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aghalee is a village, townland and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is three miles from the southeast corner of Lough Neagh on the main road between Lurgan and Antrim and about 13 kilometres west of Lisburn. Aghalee is situated 3½ miles northeast of Castor Bay.
Craigavon
Town
Photo: P Flannagan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Craigavon is a town in north County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was a planned settlement, begun in 1965, and named after the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland: James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon. Craigavon is situated 4 miles southwest of Castor Bay.
Castor Bay
Latitude
54.50205° or 54° 30′ 7″ northLongitude
-6.34292° or 6° 20′ 35″ westElevation
75 feet (23 metres)Operator
Met OfficeOpen location code
9C6MGM24+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 4382090805OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=monitoring_station
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