Ballylumford

12°CClear

• Today: 15° / 10° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 20:00

13h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom

124 food businesses within 2 miles

• 109 rated 4–5 ★ (100 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£177,450 average▲ 8.2% YoY

Across Mid and East Antrim · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: Port Stop Circle K (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sammy Wilson

Democratic Unionist Party

East Antrim

Source: UK Parliament

No overall control

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

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

6,115 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in East Antrim:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s314 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership232 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office202 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings126 local signatures · 11,744 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills121 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Ballylumford Power Station · 0.2 km

  Ballylumford power station "C" station is a natural-gas-fired power station in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK. With its main plant generating almost 700 megawatts of electricity, it is Northern Ireland's largest…

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  Ballylumford Dolmen · 0.7 km

  The Ballylumford Dolmen is a dolmen in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is near the north-west tip of the Islandmagee peninsula by Ballylumford power station. Known locally as the "Druid's Altar", it could be 4,000…

• Ballycronan More · 1.0 km

  Ballycronan More is a townland of 356 acres in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Islandmagee and the historic barony of Belfast Lower.

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  Larne Harbour railway station · 1.0 km

  Larne Harbour railway station, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, serves the ferry port for ferries to Cairnryan. There are also occasional sailings to Douglas, Isle of Man for the Isle of Man TT. Sailings to Cai…

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  Larne Lifeboat Station · 1.1 km

  Larne Lifeboat Station is located at Olderfleet Road, in Larne, a port town in County Antrim, sitting on the eastern entrance to Larne Lough, on the east coast of Northern Ireland.

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  Olderfleet Castle · 1.1 km

  Olderfleet Castle is a four-storey towerhouse, the remains of which stand on Curran Point to the south of Larne Harbour in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The place name of Olderfleet may be a corruption of Ul…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)