Antrim and Newtownabbey

9°CPartly cloudy

• Today: 13° / 5° · 91% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:11Sunset 18:05

9h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

28 food businesses within 2 miles

• 25 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£206,120 average▲ 8.8% YoY

Across Antrim and Newtownabbey · to 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Asda (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Asda (8.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Hilton Templepatrick Hotel (0.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

No overall control

• SF 9
• DUP 13
• Alli 8
• UUP 6
• SDLP 1
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

5,460 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

477 jobs advertised · £36,125 avg

e.g. Class 1 Driver - Belfast, Assistant Restaurant General Manager, Sales Ledger Assistant FTC

Source: Adzuna

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,664 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Antrim:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth143 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills135 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately98 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings73 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK68 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• 
  Ballybentragh · 0.3 km

  Ballybentragh is a townland of 402 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Grange of Nilteen and the historic barony of Antrim Upper.

• Parkgate, County Antrim · 0.6 km

  Parkgate is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies at the foot of Donegore Hill, near the Six Mile Water. It is about midway between Ballyclare and Antrim town. It lies within the Borough of Antr…

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  Castle Upton · 1.2 km

  Castle Upton is situated in the village of Templepatrick, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is around 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Belfast. Originally the site of a 13th-century fortified priory of the Knights…

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  Templepatrick · 1.2 km

  Templepatrick is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Belfast, and halfway between the towns of Ballyclare and Antrim. It is also close to Belfast Internat…

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  Templepatrick railway station · 1.4 km

  Templepatrick railway station served the village of Templepatrick in County Antrim on the Belfast-Derry railway line.

• Dunadry railway station · 2.6 km

  Dunadry railway station served the hamlet of Dunadry and was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Belfast to Ballymena in Northern Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)