Skegoniel
Skegoniel is a town or village in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It has 18 schools, 15 GP surgeries, 10 pharmacies, 9 supermarkets, 26 parks and greens, and around 51 restaurants and cafés. There are 34 bus stops and the nearest railway station is York Street, 1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Skegoniel area — all from official UK open data.
Weather
10°CLight rain shower
- Today: 10° / 7° · 70% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 6° · 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
27US 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 ★ (325 top)
- 7 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
102 charging locations within ~8 km
- 35 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: Jennymount Business Park (0.7 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Your MP
John Finucane
Sinn Féin
Belfast North
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 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
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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)