Ballymena

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 8° · 49% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:59

13h 15m 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 · Ballymena Ballykeel, United Kingdom

302 food businesses within 2 miles

• 253 rated 4–5 ★ (245 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)

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Asda (0.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 172.9p · Asda (0.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 200 kW
• Nearest: Dreams (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Jim Allister

Traditional Unionist Voice

North 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)

350 jobs advertised · £40,805 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Vehicle Accessory Fitter, Database Administrator

Source: Adzuna

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 North Antrim:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s263 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership205 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office139 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills120 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings110 local signatures · 11,744 nationwide

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

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  Ballymena Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Ballymena Town Hall is a municipal structure in Bridge Street in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, is a Grade B1 listed building.

• Ballymena, Cushendall and Redbay Railway · 0.1 km

  The Ballymena, Cushendall and Redbay Railway was a 3 ft narrow gauge railway between Ballymena and Retreat, both in County Antrim, in what is now Northern Ireland. It operated from 1875 to 1940.

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  St Patrick's Church, Ballymena · 0.2 km

  St Patrick's Church is a Church of Ireland church, located on Castle Street, Ballymena, Northern Ireland. It is the main Parish Church in Ballymena's Anglican parish of Kirkinriola and Ballyclug, and is the main civic…

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  County Antrim · 0.3 km

  County Antrim is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Antrim, from Irish Aontroim, meaning 'lone ridge' Adjoined to the north-east…

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  Ballymena · 0.5 km

  Ballymena is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated on the Braid River, about 28 miles (45 km) northwest of Belfast. It had a population of 31,205 at the 2021 census, making it the seventh largest t…

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  Ballymena (borough) · 0.5 km

  Ballymena is a former local government district with borough status in Northern Ireland. It was one of twenty-six districts created on 1 October 1973 and covered the town of Ballymena and the surrounding area which in…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)