Knockmore
Knockmore is a settlement in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland, with 14 schools, five pharmacies, seven supermarkets, nine parks and greens, and 22 restaurants and cafés, plus five bus stops and Lisburn railway station 1.6km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Knockmore area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- County
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
Weather
16°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 16° / 7° · 31% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:58
13h 14m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Lisburn Dunmurry Seymour Hill, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
313 food businesses within 2 miles
- 278 rated 4–5 ★ (253 top)
- 3 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£240,737 average▲ 9.7% YoY
Across Lisburn and Castlereagh · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
EV charging
21 charging locations within ~8 km
- 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 250 kW
- Nearest: Lisburn Enterprise Organisation (0.3 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Council control
No overall control
- SF 4
- DUP 14
- Alli 13
- UUP 6
- SDLP 2
- Oth 1
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
6,185 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
18 jobs advertised
e.g. Become a Chemistry Tutor in Knockmore – Flexible & Remote, Online Geography Tutor - Part Time, Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Knockmore – Flexible Schedule
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
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
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
Knockmore railway station · 0.2 kmKnockmore railway station was a station on the Belfast–Newry railway line. The station served the suburb of Knockmore in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The Great Northern Railway (GNR) opened Knockmore stat…
- St. Patrick's Academy, Lisburn · 0.3 km
St. Patrick's Academy is a Catholic, co-educational, all-ability secondary school in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
- The Bluebell Stadium · 0.6 km
The Bluebell Stadium is a football stadium in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is the home stadium of local football team Ballymacash Rangers F.C.
South Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 0.8 kmSouth Antrim was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
- Lisburn West railway station · 1.0 km
Lisburn West is a proposed railway station planned for the Knockmore area of Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Originally proposed in 2014, early plans suggested that it would serve the Belfast–Newry railway l…
- Lisnagarvey High School · 1.0 km
Lisnagarvey High School is a controlled mixed secondary school located in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was established in 1957 and is within the South Eastern region of the Education Authority. In 1990…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)