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Gracehill

Gracehill is a village in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 800. It has 1 school, 1 pharmacy, 1 park and green, and 1 restaurant and café, with the nearest railway station being Ballymena, 3.5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Gracehill 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

12°COvercast

  • Today: 14° / 8° · 48% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Light rain shower

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 20:02

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 · Ballymena Ballykeel, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

61 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 51 rated 4–5 ★ (50 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)

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Asda (4.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 172.9p · Asda (4.6 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

17 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 200 kW
  • Nearest: Galgorm Castle (1.5 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

8 jobs advertised · £65,000 avg

e.g. Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Online Italian Tutoring Job in Gracehill (Mid and East Antrim) – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Gracehill (Mid and East Antrim) – Flexible Schedule

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 North Antrim:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Gracehill · 0.0 km

    Gracehill is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies about 1.9 miles from Ballymena and is in the townland of Ballykennedy. It is part of the Borough of Mid & East Antrim.

  • Bannside (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 0.5 km

    Bannside was a single-member county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

  • Gracehill Moravian Church · 0.5 km

    Gracehill Moravian Church is the church of the Moravian settlement of Gracehill, County Antrim in Northern Ireland. A prominent feature is the raised pulpit, reflecting the importance Protestant churches give to preac…

  • Galgorm Parks · 1.2 km

    Galgorm is a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, about 1 km west of Ballymena. It is part of the civil parish of Ahoghill. Administratively, it is in the Borough of Ballymena.

  • Braid River · 1.2 km

    The Braid River is a river in the borough of Mid and East Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is a tributary to the River Main. Historically, the valley in which the river flows divided the boundaries between…

  • County Hall, Ballymena · 1.7 km

    County Hall is a municipal facility at Galgorm Road in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It served as the headquarters of Antrim County Council from 1970 to 1973.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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