Toomebridge

Toomebridge is a settlement in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, offering 1 school, 1 park and green, and 3 restaurants and cafés. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Toomebridge area — all from official UK open data.

Council: Antrim and Newtownabbey
County: Antrim and Newtownabbey

Northern Ireland isn’t covered by some Great Britain data sources, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care ratings, rents, affordability, life expectancy and neighbourhood deprivation aren’t shown here. House prices, weather, air quality, food hygiene, fuel, your MP, council control, petitions and notable places do apply.

Weather

7°CLight rain shower

Today: 9° / 4° · 86% rain
Tomorrow: 12° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 08:10Sunset 18:09

9h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

Food hygiene

29 food businesses within 2 miles

26 rated 4–5 ★ (23 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)

EV charging

5 charging locations within ~8 km

1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 350 kW
Nearest: Ionity Toome (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Robin Swann

Ulster Unionist Party

South Antrim

Recent votes:

NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

5,460 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

6 jobs advertised · £24,186 avg

e.g. Design Manager, SHEQ Assistant, General Operative - Fridge Plant

Source: Adzuna

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

Toome Bridge railway station · 0.1 km
Toome Bridge railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway's Cookstown branch line, which ran from Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland. Located in Toome in County Antrim on the River Bann wi…
Toome · 0.5 km
Toome or Toomebridge is a village and townland on the northwest corner of Lough Neagh in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies in the civil parish of Duneane in the former barony of Toome Upper, and is in Dunsilly…
Erin's Own GAC, Cargin · 0.6 km
Erin's Own Gaelic Athletic Club, Cargin is a sports club based in Toome, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It competes in the Antrim leagues and championships of the Gaelic Athletic Association, in Gaelic football and…
RAF Toome · 2.1 km
Royal Air Force Toome or more simply RAF Toome is a former Royal Air Force satellite station located in Toome, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Ballymaguigan · 2.9 km
Ballymaguigan is a hamlet and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is near the northwest shore of Lough Neagh, 6 kilometres (4 mi) east of Magherafelt. The hamlet forms one part of a parish named Ardtr…
Newbridge GAC · 3.0 km
Seán O'Leary's GAC Newbridge is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Newbridge, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and fields Gaelic football and camogie teams. Newbridge ha…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)