Pipers Cross Roads
Pipers Cross Roads is a town or village in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland. It has around 1 school and 1 park or green. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Pipers Cross Roads area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- County
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
Weather
11°CLight rain shower
- Today: 10° / 7° · 67% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 5° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:11Sunset 17:03
9h 51m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
25US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
40 food businesses within 2 miles
- 39 rated 4–5 ★ (37 top)
- 1 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 2026-07
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
EV charging
14 charging locations within ~8 km
- 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: Lidl (2.6 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
6,320 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
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 Belfast South and Mid Down:
- Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after110 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately96 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills94 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Reform regulation through the GMC to put patient safety and fairness first93 local signatures · 14,694 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth82 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
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- Carryduff River · 3.7 km
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- Ballygowan · 4.1 km
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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)