Ravernet
Ravernet is a town or village in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland. It has around 1 park and green space, and the nearest railway station is Lisburn, 5.3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ravernet area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- County
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
Weather
9°CLight rain
- Today: 13° / 3° · 90% rain
- Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:10Sunset 18:06
9h 56m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
23US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
55 food businesses within 2 miles
- 50 rated 4–5 ★ (49 top)
- 0 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
13 charging locations within ~8 km
- 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 250 kW
- Nearest: Homestead Hillsborough (2 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 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
Notable places nearby
- Ravernet · 0.0 km
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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)