Chapeltown
Chapeltown is a settlement in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. There is 1 park, and the nearest railway station is Antrim, 7.4 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Chapeltown area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- County
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
Weather
14°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 15° / 7° · 51% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 11° · Light rain shower
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:59
13h 15m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
22US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Ballymena Ballykeel, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
26 food businesses within 2 miles
- 18 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£206,120 average▲ 8.8% YoY
Across Antrim and Newtownabbey · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Asda (9.9 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 172.9p · Asda (9.9 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
19 charging locations within ~8 km
- 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 400 kW
- Nearest: McCools SuperValu (2.9 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Council control
No overall control
- SF 9
- DUP 13
- Alli 8
- UUP 6
- SDLP 1
- Oth 3
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
5,355 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
81 jobs advertised · £28,426 avg
e.g. Quantity Surveyor, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Chapeltown (Sheffield) – Flexible Schedule, Become a Portuguese Tutor in Chapeltown (Sheffield) – Flexible & Remote
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
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
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
Ramble Inn attack · 2.4 kmThe Ramble Inn attack was a mass shooting at a rural pub on 2 July 1976 near Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is believed to have been carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary organisation.…
Kells and Connor · 3.1 kmKells is a village near Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The village of Connor lies close by, and the two are often spoken of collectively. Kells and Connor had a population of 2,053 people in the 2011 ce…
Aughalish · 3.1 kmAughalish is a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Toome Upper and the civil parish of Drummaul and covers an area of 93 acres.
Kells railway station (Northern Ireland) · 3.4 kmKells railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.
Cookstown Junction railway station · 4.3 kmCookstown Junction railway station served the townland of Drumsough outside Randalstown in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was a single island platform at the junction of the Cookstown extension to Magherafelt, Co…
Kellswater railway station · 5.0 kmKellswater railway station served the hamlet of Kellswater in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)