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Eden

Eden is a town or village in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. There are around 4 schools, 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, 3 parks and greens, and 4 restaurants and cafés, with the nearest railway station being Downshire, 1.2 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Eden 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

15°COvercast

  • Today: 15° / 9° · 37% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 12° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:57

13h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

139 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 122 rated 4–5 ★ (113 top)
  • 1 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)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 152.7p · Asda (9.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 172.7p · Asda (9.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

7 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Carrickfergus Park and Ride (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

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

17 jobs advertised

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Become a Secondary school Tutor in Eden – Flexible & Remote

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

  • Kilroot Power Station · 0.4 km

    Kilroot power station is a fossil fuel power plant on the north shore of Belfast Lough at Kilroot near Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The plant currently has a 141 megawatt (MW) capacity from four s…

  • Eden, County Antrim · 0.5 km

    Eden is a residential settlement on the eastern edge of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located within a larger electoral ward area of the same name. It is intersected by the Larne Road, a small sect…

  • Boneybefore · 0.6 km

    Boneybefore is a village near Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies between the A2 road and Belfast Lough. It is home to the Andrew Jackson Centre, the ancestral home of Andrew Jackson, 7th preside…

  • Eden railway station · 0.7 km

    Eden was a station located in the townland of Eden, in and around the town of Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland. At one time it formed part of a tight cluster of stations, each located almost one minute from the other…

  • Downshire School · 1.2 km

    Downshire Community School was a co-educational, 11-18 secondary school in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, situated on Downshire Road. Downshire is a Specialist School in Business Studies and Enterpri…

  • Downshire railway station · 1.2 km

    Downshire railway station serves eastern Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)