Rosetta
Rosetta is a town in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 12,000. It has 18 schools, 7 GP surgeries, 7 pharmacies, 2 supermarkets, 7 parks and greens, and around 42 restaurants and cafés, with 28 bus stops and the nearest railway station being Botanic, 3.2 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Rosetta area — all from official UK open data.
Weather
3°COvercast
- Today: 13° / 3° · 90% rain
- Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:08Sunset 18:07
9h 59m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
20US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
500+ food businesses within 2 miles
- 415 rated 4–5 ★ (338 top)
- 9 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500
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
105 charging locations within ~8 km
- 34 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: Aquinas Diocesan Grammar School (1.2 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Your MP
Gavin Robinson
Democratic Unionist Party
Belfast East
Recent votes:
- NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
- NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
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
15,745 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 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
Notable places nearby

- Museum of Orange Heritage · 0.7 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…
- Forestside Shopping Centre · 0.7 km
Lesley Forestside is a shopping centre located in Newtownbreda in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first phase of the centre, the 39,000 square feet (3,600 m2) Sainsbury's store, opened in March 1997 followed by t…
Forster Green Hospital · 0.8 kmForster Green Hospital was a non-acute hospital located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It offered a range of services including neurology, care of older people, and a child and family centre. The hospital was located o…
- Bredagh GAC · 0.9 km
Bredagh GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Down, Northern Ireland. It fields teams at all levels from U8 to Senior in Men's and Ladies Gaelic football, Hurling and Camogie. It had its previous pitch,…
Belvoir Park Golf Club · 1.1 kmThe Belvoir Park Golf Club is in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The course has eighteen holes with a par of 71.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)