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                  | Postcode | BT56 8GW | 
                  
                    | Post Town | Portrush | 
                
                
                
                  | Businesses |  | 
              
              
            
          
        
          
            Geography
            
              
              
              
                
                  |  | Latitude | 55.187477 | 
                
                  |  | Longitude | -6.652764 | 
                  
                    |  | Easting | 103962 | 
                  
                    |  | Northing | 598015 | 
                  
                    |  | Grid reference | NW039980 | 
                
                  |  | UTM reference | 29U 649433 6118167 | 
                
                  |  | what3words | tweezers.community.atoms | 
                
                  |  | FixPhrase | crushable litter subject unlisted | 
                  
                    |  | Plus code | 9C7M58PW+XV | 
                
                  |  | Altitude | 31 metres (103 feet) | 
                
                  |  | Sunrise (today) | 7:30 | 
                
                  |  | Sunset (today) | 16:52 | 
                
                  |  | Distance away |  | 
                  
                    |  | Distance to sea | 1.4 KMs (0.9 miles) | 
              
              
            
          
        
        
            
              
              
                Administrative areas 
              
                
                  
                        
                          | Ward | Hopefield | N08000423 | 
                      
                        | District | Causeway Coast and Glens | N09000004 | 
                      
                        | Constituency (2024) | East Londonderry | N05000006 | 
                        | MP | Mr Gregory Campbell | Democratic Unionist Party | 
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                      | Police force | PSNI | 
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                      | Water company | Northern Ireland Water | 
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                        | NUTS/ITL 3 | Causeway Coast and Glens | 
                      
                        | NUTS/ITL 2 | Northern Ireland | 
                      
                        | NUTS/ITL 1 | Northern Ireland | 
                    
                      | Country | Northern Ireland | N92000002 | 
                  
                  
                
              
          
    
      
        Data
        
          
              
                | Date introduced | June 2000 | 
            
              | Last updated | September 2025 | 
              
                | User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) | 
                    
              
                | Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean | 
          
          
        
      
          
          
        
          
            Demographics
            
              
                  
                    | Population (2011) | 94 |  | 
                  
                    | Households (2011) | 29 |  | 
                
                  | Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | 
                  | Census output area (2021) | N20001618 |  | 
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                  | Census output area (2011) | 6B2 |  | 
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                  | Lower layer super output area (2011) | Hopefield 2 | 95JJ11S2 | 
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                  | Travel to work area | Coleraine | N12000003 | 
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