Magheralane
Magheralane is a town or village in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. The nearest railway station is Antrim, 7.8 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Magheralane area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- County
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
Weather
9°CLight rain
- Today: 13° / 5° · 91% rain
- Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:12Sunset 18:06
9h 54m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
23US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
54 food businesses within 2 miles
- 45 rated 4–5 ★ (38 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 2026-07
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Asda (11.6 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (11.6 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
18 charging locations within ~8 km
- 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 400 kW
- Nearest: Portglenone Road, Randalstown (2.3 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
5,460 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
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
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:
- 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
Notable places nearby
Aughalish · 1.7 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.
- St Olcan's High School · 1.9 km
St Olcan's High School was a Roman Catholic secondary school in Randalstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The school opened in 1958 within the North Eastern Education and Library Board area.
- St Benedict's College, Randalstown · 2.0 km
St Benedict's College is a secondary school in Randalstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is an 11-16 Catholic, all-ability, co-educational college which mainly serves families from the parishes of Randalstown a…
Randalstown railway station · 2.0 kmRandalstown railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway's Cookstown branch line, which ran from Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland.
Aghaboy, County Antrim · 2.2 kmAghaboy 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 286 acres It is 2 miles (3 km) north of Randalstown.
- Randalstown (Parliament of Ireland constituency) · 2.3 km
Randalstown was a borough constituency which elected two MPs representing Randalstown, County Antrim, to the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland. It was disenfranchised by th…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)