Hillsborough

9°CClear

• Today: 13° / 3° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:10Sunset 18:06

9h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

57 food businesses within 2 miles

• 53 rated 4–5 ★ (52 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£240,737 average▲ 9.7% YoY

Across Lisburn and Castlereagh · to 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Lisburn Street (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sorcha Eastwood

Alliance

Lagan Valley

Source: UK Parliament

No overall control

• SF 4
• DUP 14
• Alli 13
• UUP 6
• SDLP 2
• Oth 1

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

6,320 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

67 jobs advertised · £30,906 avg

e.g. Revenue Control Manager, Accounts Payable Manager, Residential Move-Out Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,515 disposable income per head (2024)

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

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lagan Valley:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth154 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills154 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately114 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after97 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings82 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Hillsborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency) · 0.1 km

  Hillsborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

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  Royal Hillsborough · 0.4 km

  Royal Hillsborough more commonly known simply as Hillsborough, is a historic village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland, 19 km (12 mi) from the city of Belfast. It is within the Lisburn and Castlereagh…

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  Hillsborough Forest · 0.6 km

  Hillsborough Forest is a mixed broadleaf and coniferous forest located near the village of Hillsborough in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was once part of the Hillsborough Castle demesne. The lake located in the fo…

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  Hillsborough Castle · 0.7 km

  Hillsborough Castle is an official government residence in Northern Ireland. It is the official residence of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and the official residence in Northern Ireland of the British m…

• Hillsborough railway station (Northern Ireland) · 1.1 km

  Hillsborough railway station was on the Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway which ran from Knockmore Junction to Banbridge in Northern Ireland.

• Ravernet · 1.8 km

  Ravernet, also known as Ravarnet or Ravernette is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is located on the Ravarnet River, about 3 km south of Lisburn and about 3 km northeast of Hillsborough. Ne…

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