The Diamond

9°CLight rain

• Today: 9° / 7° · 71% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:12Sunset 17:04

9h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

4 food businesses within 2 miles

• 3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Cross Lane / Gallows Street (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

No overall control

• SF 15
• DUP 13
• Alli 4
• UUP 5
• SDLP 1
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

10,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,033 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lagan Valley:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth154 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills154 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately114 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after97 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings82 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Waringsford · 1.1 km

  Waringsford is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland, 6 km south east of Dromore. It is situated within Banbridge District. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 129 people. The village, despite the lac…

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  Kinallen · 2.9 km

  Kinallen is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is four miles from Dromore and two miles from Dromara.

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  Ballela GAC · 3.8 km

  Ballela Gaelic Athletic Club, also called Ballela Camogie and Hurling Club or Éire Óg Ballela, is a hurling and camogie club based in Ballela, County Down, Northern Ireland.

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  Ballela · 3.9 km

  Ballela is a small village and parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Banbridge, located on top of one of the many drumlins that are common in the county. There are a number of p…

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  Dromore Town Hall · 4.0 km

  Dromore Town Hall is a municipal structure in the centre of Dromore, County Down, Northern Ireland. The structure, which is now used as a public library, is a Grade B1 listed building.

• Dromore Central Primary School · 4.1 km

  Dromore Central Primary School is a primary school located in Dromore, County Down, Northern Ireland. The original school building was built in 1938 and had approximately 700 pupils aged from 4–11 years in 28 classes.…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)