Sydenham

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• Today: 16° / 7° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:57

13h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Belfast Centre, United Kingdom

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 412 rated 4–5 ★ (338 top)
• 7 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£184,768 average▲ 7.7% YoY

Across Belfast · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 152.7p · Asda (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (10.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

103 charging locations within ~8 km

• 31 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Hagan Homes (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Gavin Robinson

Democratic Unionist Party

Belfast East

Source: UK Parliament

No overall control

• SF 22
• DUP 14
• Alli 10
• UUP 2
• SDLP 4
• Oth 8

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

15,465 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

166 jobs advertised · £25,978 avg

e.g. Short-term Temporary Team Member - Sydenham (N125428), Tyre Fitter, Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

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

• 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

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

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  Belfast East (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 0.3 km

  Belfast East was a borough constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned four MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

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  St Mark's Church, Dundela · 0.4 km

  St Mark's Church, Dundela, is a Grade A listed parish church of the Church of Ireland located in the Sydenham area of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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  Strand Cinema · 0.4 km

  The Strand Arts Centre, also known as Strand Cinema, is an independent four-screen cinema in Strandtown on Holywood Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is one of the two remaining independent cinemas in Belfast, alo…

• Strandtown · 0.4 km

  Strandtown is a district of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is in the east of the city, in the BT4 postcode area, lying south of the City Airport and north of the Newtownards Road.

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  Victoria Park railway station (Northern Ireland) · 0.4 km

  Victoria Park railway station served the area around Victoria Park in east Belfast.

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  Dundela F.C. · 0.6 km

  Dundela Football Club, nicknamed "The Duns" is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club from Belfast, currently playing in the NIFL Championship, and plays its home matches at Wilgar Park. The club's colours…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)