The Trench

10°CCloudy

• Today: 13° / 3° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:10Sunset 18:05

9h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

52 food businesses within 2 miles

• 44 rated 4–5 ★ (42 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: 166.9p · Asda (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 190.9p · Asda (9.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: Hydepark Mallusk (1.7 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)

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

• 
  Mallusk, County Antrim · 1.7 km

  Mallusk, or Grange of Mallusk, is a large village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Mallusk is within the urban area of Newtownabbey, and it is also within the Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council ar…

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  Craigarogan · 1.7 km

  Craigarogan is a small village, electoral division and townland to the west of Newtownabbey in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The settlement has developed at the junction of the Bernice Road and the Clarke Lodge Roa…

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  Roughfort · 2.3 km

  Roughfort is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Craigarogan and the Newtownabbey Borough Council area. As of the 2001 census, Roughfort had a population of 216 people.

• St Enda's GAC · 3.1 km

  St Enda's GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Glengormley, County Antrim, North Of Ireland. They cater for gaelic football, hurling and camogie.

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  Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency) · 3.3 km

  Belfast North is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The MP since 2019 is John Finucane.

• Cullybackey High School · 3.6 km

  Cullybackey College is a co-educational, non-selective post-primary school in the village of Cullybackey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was established in 1968 under its former name of Cullybackey High School. I…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)