Balmoral

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• Today: 13° / 3° · 91% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:08Sunset 18:07

9h 59m 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

302 food businesses within 2 miles

• 239 rated 4–5 ★ (196 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£184,768 average▲ 7.7% YoY

Across Belfast · to 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

81 charging locations within ~8 km

• 26 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Crown Plaza Hotel (1.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

No overall control

• SF 22
• DUP 14
• Alli 10
• UUP 2
• SDLP 4
• Oth 8

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

15,745 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £140,000 avg

e.g. Associate Dentist

Source: Adzuna

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,429 disposable income per head (2024)

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

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.4
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Belfast South and Mid Down:

• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after110 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately96 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills94 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Reform regulation through the GMC to put patient safety and fairness first93 local signatures · 14,694 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth82 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

• 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships · 0.0 km

  The 1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on 27 and 28 March 1999. The races were held at the Barnett Demesne/Queen's University Playing Fields in Belfast, United Kingdom. Reports of the event were gi…

• Upper Malone · 0.5 km

  Upper Malone, also known as the Dub, is a multi-sport facility owned by Queen's University Belfast. There are fourteen outdoor pitches together with the Arena Pitch, which is the home ground of the university's footba…

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  Taughmonagh · 0.9 km

  Taughmonagh is a small housing estate in south Belfast, Northern Ireland, within the civil parishes of Drumbeg and Shankill, and barony of Belfast Upper. Taughmonagh has become known for being a staunchly loyalist est…

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  Shaw's Bridge · 0.9 km

  Shaw's Bridge is the name given to two adjacent bridges across the River Lagan in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The older of the bridges is a historic stone arched bridge, which is open to cyclists and pedestrians. The n…

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  Edenderry, County Down · 1.0 km

  Edenderry is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the bank of the River Lagan near the southern edge of Belfast. In the 2021 census it had a population of 374. Its main source of e…

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  Ballynahatty, County Down · 1.1 km

  Ballynahatty is a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southern edge of Belfast. It contains the Giants Ring, a henge monument.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)