Straid

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 13° / 11° · 81% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 20:03

13h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Ballymena Ballykeel, United Kingdom

4 food businesses within 2 miles

• 3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£218,871 average▲ 9.6% YoY

Across Causeway Coast and Glens · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

No overall control

• SF 12
• DUP 13
• Alli 5
• UUP 3
• SDLP 3
• Oth 4

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

7,425 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,573 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Antrim:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s263 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership205 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office139 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills120 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings110 local signatures · 11,744 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Araboy · 3.2 km

  Araboy is small a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Cary and the civil parish of Ballintoy and covers an area of approximately 430 acres (0.67 sq mi). It is 3.5 mile…

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  Loughlynch · 3.3 km

  Loughlynch or Lough Lynch is a townland in the parish of Billy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies about 3½ miles south-east of Bushmills and was once the site of a lake.

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  Billy, County Antrim · 3.6 km

  Billy is a civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It spans the historic baronies of Cary and Dunluce Lower, and is approximately 26 square miles (67 km2) in area. According to the Topographical Dictionary of…

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  Moss-side, County Antrim · 3.9 km

  Moss-side or Mosside is a small village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. In the 2021 census it had a population of 321 people.

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  Garves Wind Farm · 4.8 km

  Garves Wind Farm consists of five turbines with an installed capacity of 15 MW. It is located near Dunloy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is managed by Entap Limited on behalf of Garves Wind Limited. London-bas…

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  White Park Bay · 5.4 km

  White Park Bay is a bay and three-mile long beach located near Ballycastle, County Antrim, on the north coast of Northern Ireland, along the Giant’s Causeway Coastal Route. Sheep and cattle graze the hills and beach a…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)