Kells

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 9° · 61% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 20:02

13h 19m 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

24 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 rated 4–5 ★ (16 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 (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 172.9p · Asda (8.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 400 kW
• Nearest: McCools SuperValu (0.9 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)

6,115 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Physics Tutor - Part Time, Online Physics Tutoring Job in Kells – Flexible Schedule, Online Music Tutor - Part Time

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

• 
  Kells and Connor · 1.1 km

  Kells is a village near Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The village of Connor lies close by, and the two are often spoken of collectively. Kells and Connor had a population of 2,053 people in the 2011 ce…

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  Kells railway station (Northern Ireland) · 1.4 km

  Kells railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.

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  Ramble Inn attack · 4.5 km

  The Ramble Inn attack was a mass shooting at a rural pub on 2 July 1976 near Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is believed to have been carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary organisation.…

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  Aughalish · 4.8 km

  Aughalish is a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Toome Upper and the civil parish of Drummaul and covers an area of 93 acres.

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  Appletee · 5.2 km

  Appletee is a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Antrim Lower and the civil parish of Connor and covers an area of 226 acres. It is 3.4 miles (5.5 km) south of the ce…

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  Moorfields railway station (Northern Ireland) · 5.3 km

  Moorfields railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)