The Trench

15°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 16° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 20:01

13h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Belfast Stockman's Lane, United Kingdom

51 food businesses within 2 miles

• 44 rated 4–5 ★ (40 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 (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 180.9p · 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)

5,355 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Piano Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutoring Job in The Trench – Flexible Schedule, Become a Maths Tutor in The Trench – Flexible & Remote

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

• 
  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)