Gilnahirk
Gilnahirk is a town or village in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It has three schools, one GP surgery or clinic, three pharmacies, one supermarket, seven parks or green spaces, and 14 restaurants or cafés, with four bus stops and Sydenham railway station 4km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Gilnahirk area — all from official UK open data.
Weather
15°COvercast
- Today: 16° / 7° · 31% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 9° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:57
13h 14m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
232 food businesses within 2 miles
- 196 rated 4–5 ★ (170 top)
- 4 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£184,768 average▲ 7.7% YoY
Across Belfast · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 152.7p · Asda (7.9 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (7.9 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
81 charging locations within ~8 km
- 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 320 kW
- Nearest: HRL Hanwood (0.8 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Your MP
Gavin Robinson
Democratic Unionist Party
Belfast East
Recent votes:
- NoDraft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
- NoDraft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026
- AyePublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19
- AyePublic Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
No overall control
- SF 22
- DUP 14
- Alli 10
- UUP 2
- SDLP 4
- Oth 8
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
15,465 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
10 jobs advertised · £47,910 avg
e.g. Online Primary school Tutor - Part Time, Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Gilnahirk – Flexible Schedule, Registered Mental Health Nurse
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
3.8% 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
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Belfast East:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s312 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership306 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office196 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test172 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth141 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
- Dundonald International Ice Bowl · 1.1 km
The Dundonald International Ice Bowl is an ice rink in Dundonald, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was opened in 1986 by Peter Robinson.
Ardcarn, Belfast · 1.1 kmArdcarn, is a Protestant working-class housing estate located in Dundonald, East Belfast, Northern Ireland. The estate sits off the Upper Newtownards Road, across from Stormont. Dundonald Cemetery lies to the side the…
- Dundonald Cemetery · 1.3 km
Dundonald Cemetery is a large cemetery in Dundonald, Northern Ireland. It opened in 1905 as a municipal burial ground. It is a closed cemetery, except for spaces in existing plots. It is located beside Ardcarn, on the…
- Cherryvalley · 1.3 km
Cherryvalley is a former electoral ward of Belfast City Council, Northern Ireland.
Dundonald House · 1.5 kmDundonald House is a government building in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Built in 1962 it housed the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Pr…
Stormont Cricket Ground · 1.5 kmThe Stormont, also known as Civil Service Cricket Club Ground, is an international and first-class cricket ground in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the grounds of the Stormont Estate, the seat of governm…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)