Antrim and Newtownabbey

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 7° · 45% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:58

13h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Belfast Stockman's Lane, United Kingdom

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 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Asda (8.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 180.9p · 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)

5,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

438 jobs advertised · £36,033 avg

e.g. Vehicle Accessory Fitter, Matter Orchestration Manager, Cloud Operations - Service Reliability Engineer

Source: Adzuna

2.2% 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:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s324 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership242 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office163 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test162 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth143 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• 
  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)