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
16°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 16° / 7° · 31% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · 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
25US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Belfast Centre, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
500+ food businesses within 2 miles
- 415 rated 4–5 ★ (338 top)
- 10 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 2026-06
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:
- 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)
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

- Forestside Shopping Centre · 0.7 km
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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
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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.
- Lagan College · 1.1 km
Lagan College is a grant maintained integrated secondary school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It holds a total of around 1480 students. It was formed in 1981 as the first integrated school in Northern Ireland and cont…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)