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
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
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:
- 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
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 kmBannside was a single-member county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Gracehill Moravian Church · 0.5 kmGracehill 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 kmGalgorm 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 kmThe 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)