Chapeltown

9°CLight rain

• Today: 13° / 5° · 91% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:12Sunset 18:06

9h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

26 food businesses within 2 miles

• 18 rated 4–5 ★ (17 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: 165.9p · Asda (9.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (9.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

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)

50 jobs advertised · £30,773 avg

e.g. Delivery Driver / Car, Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites, Property Reset Cleaners

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

• 
  Ramble Inn attack · 2.4 km

  The 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.…

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  Kells and Connor · 3.1 km

  Kells 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…

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  Aughalish · 3.1 km

  Aughalish 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.

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  Kells railway station (Northern Ireland) · 3.4 km

  Kells railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.

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  Cookstown Junction railway station · 4.3 km

  Cookstown 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…

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  Kellswater railway station · 5.0 km

  Kellswater railway station served the hamlet of Kellswater in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)