Greencastle
Greencastle is a village in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 10,000. It has 9 schools, 3 GP surgeries, 1 pharmacy, 3 supermarkets, 8 parks, and 18 restaurants and cafés. There are 15 bus stops and the nearest railway station is York Street, 3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Greencastle area — all from official UK open data.
Weather
8°CLight rain
- Today: 13° / 3° · 91% rain
- Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:10Sunset 18:05
9h 55m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
407 food businesses within 2 miles
- 336 rated 4–5 ★ (264 top)
- 6 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 2026-07
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
EV charging
108 charging locations within ~8 km
- 35 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: Fibrus (1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
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
15,745 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
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
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 North:
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth143 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings123 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately98 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases66 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after62 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
- Giant's Park · 0.7 km
Giant's Park is a planned public park, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The proposed 200-acre (0.81 km2) site is the Dargan Road Landfill site on the northern shore of Belfast Lough Its name comes from the nearby Cavehi…
- Greencastle railway station · 1.0 km
Greencastle railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Belfast to Ballymena in Northern Ireland.
- Dominican College, Fortwilliam · 1.3 km
Dominican College is a Catholic grammar all-girls school in Fortwilliam Park, north Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- Hazelwood Integrated College · 1.3 km
Hazelwood Integrated College is an integrated secondary school in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The school's students are aged from 11 to 18 years. As of September 2018, the school's principal was Ms…
- Castle High School, Belfast · 1.3 km
Castle High School was a state-controlled co-educational secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 16 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was located in Fortwilliam Park, and was within the Belfast Education and Library Bo…
- St Peter's Church, Belfast · 1.3 km
St Peter's Church is a Church of Ireland parish church in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The building is the centre of worship for the Anglican community based on or around the Antrim Road within the city limits.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)