Eden

7°CLight drizzle

• Today: 11° / 5° · 83% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:08Sunset 18:06

9h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

138 food businesses within 2 miles

• 121 rated 4–5 ★ (113 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 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 159.7p · Asda (9.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (9.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

No overall control

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

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

6,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

5 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

2.8% 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:

• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately134 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings128 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills122 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases111 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth100 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  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…

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  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…

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  Downshire railway station · 1.2 km

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

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)