Castlereagh

4°CMist

• Today: 13° / 3° · 91% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · 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

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 409 rated 4–5 ★ (333 top)
• 10 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• 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)

• Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (11.4 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

105 charging locations within ~8 km

• 33 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Lisnasharragh Leisure Centre (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Gavin Robinson

Democratic Unionist Party

Belfast East

Source: UK Parliament

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)

67 jobs advertised · £38,800 avg

e.g. Salesforce Product Owner, Digital Workplace Lead, Revenue Control Manager

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 East:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth141 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately108 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after97 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills95 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK71 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide

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

• Museum of Orange Heritage · 0.6 km

  The Museum of Orange Heritage (MOH), also known as the Orange Heritage Museum (OHM), or the Orange Order Museum, is a museum dedicated to the history, traditions and heritage of the Orange Order in Ireland and around…

• Castlereagh College · 0.8 km

  Castlereagh College was a further and higher education college in east Belfast. In 2007, it merged with the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education to form part of the Belfast Metropolitan College. The site…

• Castlereagh (County Down townland) · 0.8 km

  Castlereagh is a townland and former hamlet in the civil parish of Knockbreda, barony of Castlereagh Lower, in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is southeast of Belfast and now at the fringe of the city's suburbs. T…

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  A55 road (Northern Ireland) · 1.1 km

  The A55 road forms Belfast's outer-ring road.

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  Grosvenor Grammar School · 1.3 km

  Grosvenor Grammar School is an 11–18 co-educational, grammar school and sixth form in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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  Ravenhill Stadium · 1.3 km

  Ravenhill Stadium is a rugby stadium located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the home of Ulster Rugby. With the opening of a new stand for the 2014 Heineken Cup quarter-final against Saracens on 5 April 2014, the…

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