Straid

13°CSunny

• Today: 15° / 10° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 20:00

13h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom

10 food businesses within 2 miles

• 9 rated 4–5 ★ (6 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 (4.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 180.9p · Asda (4.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Sixmile Leisure Centre (4.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Robin Swann

Ulster Unionist Party

South Antrim

Source: UK Parliament

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)

5 jobs advertised

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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

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  Straid · 0.1 km

  Straid is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, about three miles east of Ballyclare, and about six miles inland from Carrickfergus. It lies at the centre of the townland of Straidlands, in the Civil Par…

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  Ballynure · 2.2 km

  Ballynure is a village and civil parish near Ballyclare in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is part of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and had a population of 677 people in the 2001 census.

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  Ballynure railway station · 2.7 km

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

• Slieve True · 2.7 km

  Slieve True or Slievetrue is a 312 m-high (1,024 ft) hill in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is near Knockagh Monument and Monkstown, about 6 km (3.7 mi) north of Belfast.

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  A8 road (Northern Ireland) · 3.4 km

  The A8 in Northern Ireland is a 26.1 km route connecting the city of Belfast with the harbour town of Larne. One of the busiest routes in the region, the road forms part of the unsigned European routes E01 and E18.

• Sixmilewater Fault · 3.8 km

  Sixmilewater Fault is a geological fault in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)