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Village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Capecastle Wood The forest track through the centre of Capecastle Wood.
Capecastle or Cape Castle is a small village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, between Armoy and Ballycastle. It is part of the Causeway Coast and Glens district.
Capecastle railway station opened on 1 February 1882, closed for goods traffic in 1927, and finally closed altogether on 3 July 1950.[1] It was on the Ballycastle Railway, a narrow gauge railway which ran for 17 miles connecting Ballycastle to Ballymoney, on the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), later Northern Counties Committee (NCC), main line to Derry.[2]
Capecastle is served by buses running along the A44 Magheramore Road, with stops at the junction with Islandarragh Road.
55°09′57″N 6°17′44″W / 55.16583°N 6.29556°W / 55.16583; -6.29556