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Ballygally

Ballygally is a village in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. It has 1 school, 6 parks and greens, and 2 restaurants and cafés. There is 1 bus stop and the nearest railway station is Carnfunnock Family Fun Zone Miniature Railway, 1.5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ballygally area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Mid and East Antrim
County
Mid and East Antrim
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

13°CCloudy

  • Today: 15° / 10° · 17% rain
  • Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 20:00

13h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

10 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 10 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£177,450 average 8.2% YoY

Across Mid and East Antrim · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

13 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: Ballygally Castle (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Sammy Wilson

Democratic Unionist Party

East Antrim

Recent votes:

  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

No overall control

  • SF 4
  • DUP 12
  • Alli 7
  • UUP 8
  • Oth 9

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

6,115 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Matter Orchestration Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

2.7% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,320 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile8.2
  • Happiness yesterday7.9
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Antrim:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Ballygally Castle · 0.2 km

    Ballygally Castle is in the village of Ballygally, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located approximately 3 miles north of Larne. The castle overlooks the sea at the head of Ballygally Bay. It is now run as a hotel an…

  • Ballygally · 0.2 km

    Ballygally or Ballygalley is a village and holiday resort in County Antrim, Northern Ireland which lies on the Antrim coast, approximately 3 miles north of Larne. It is also a townland of 769 acres and is situated in…

  • Solar, County Antrim · 1.2 km

    Solar is a townland of 42 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is on the Antrim coast, 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Larne, in the civil parish of Carncastle and the historic barony of Glenarm Upper.

  • Carnfunnock Country Park · 1.2 km

    Carnfunnock Country Park is a 191-hectare park located between Drains Bay and Ballygally, near Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated on the A2 Antrim Coast Road, 3.5 miles north of Larne. The park con…

  • Carncastle · 2.1 km

    Carncastle or Cairncastle is a small village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is near the town of Larne and inland from the village of Ballygally. It had a population of 66 people in the 2001 Ce…

  • Latharna Óg GAC · 2.2 km

    The Latharna Óg Gaelic Athletic Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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