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

Northern Ireland isn’t covered by some Great Britain data sources, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care ratings, rents, affordability, life expectancy and neighbourhood deprivation aren’t shown here. House prices, weather, air quality, food hygiene, fuel, your MP, council control, petitions and notable places do apply.

Weather

11°CPartly Cloudy

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 20:00

13h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Belfast Centre, United Kingdom

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 2026-06

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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

6,185 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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 a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership327 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
Do not ban social media for under 16s284 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
Fund NHS access to Omaveloxolone for patients with Friedreich's Ataxia181 local signatures · 7,373 nationwide
Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test126 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership99 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

Notable places nearby

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Moneyreagh · 2.1 km
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Ouley Hill · 3.2 km
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Carryduff River · 3.7 km
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Ballygowan · 4.1 km
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Ballygowan railway station · 4.1 km
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