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General information - Location

Country	Northern Ireland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.7891,Lat: 55.1633
Elevation	24 meter above sea level
Local time	0:54:00am
Name province/region	Northern Ireland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Coleraine
Name	Castlerock

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Portstewart	5.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Coleraine	8.7 km	SouthEast
3 Portrush	9.4 km	East
4 Moville	16.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Limavady	16.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Belfast	Northern-ireland	84 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Glasgow	Scotland	176 km	East
3 Douglas	Isle-of-man	186 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Castlerock lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named North Western. The nearest bigger lake is Lough Swilly (Loch Súilí) (1.6 km² at a distance of 43.4 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the North-Irish-Irish border with a straight distance of 31.6 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 81%, hill: 8%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Coleraine Farmland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belfast International Airport (at a distance of 67 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is City of Derry Airport (at a distance of 27 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.9 km2

3.9%

Nature

5.4 km2

11.1%

Wet nature

2.8 km2

5.8%

Agriculture

31.6 km2

64.7%

Urban area

2.1 km2

4.2%

Rock-Sand

1.7 km2

3.4%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Castlerock in country Northern-ireland

Castlerock at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	22 km	EastNorthEast
2 Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne	Ireland	166 km	South
3 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	198 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Castlerock
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castlerock

Type of weather in Castlerock	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:41 Europe/Amsterdam