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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.

Council
Belfast
County
Belfast
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

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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

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:

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 km

    Ardcarn, 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 km

    Dundonald 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 km

    The 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)

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