Hillsborough

12°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 20:01

13h 18m 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 · Lisburn Dunmurry Seymour Hill, United Kingdom

56 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 2026-06

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)

6,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

33 jobs advertised · £33,625 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Database Administrator, Back of House Nandoca

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:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s317 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership267 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office186 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth153 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills153 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

• 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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