Rathsherry

9°CLight rain shower

• Today: 13° / 8° · 64% rain
• Tomorrow: 14° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:59

13h 15m 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

6 food businesses within 2 miles

• 6 rated 4–5 ★ (6 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 (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 172.9p · Asda (9.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 180 kW
• Nearest: McGuckian Milling Co (7.9 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)

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 East Antrim:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s314 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership232 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office202 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings126 local signatures · 11,744 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills121 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

• St Patrick's Barracks · 1.1 km

  St Patrick's Barracks was a military installation in Ballymena.

• 
  Clough Road railway station · 1.4 km

  Clough Road railway station was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which ran from Ballymena to Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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  Knockanally railway station · 1.5 km

  Knockanally railway station, later known as Martinstown railway station was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which ran from Ballymena to Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

• 
  Antrim (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 1.6 km

  Antrim was a county constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned seven MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

• Martinstown, County Antrim · 1.6 km

  Martinstown is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Located 6 miles from Ballymena, it is situated in Glenravel, locally known as "The Tenth Glen", alongside the widely known nine Glens of Antrim.

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  Rathkenny railway station · 2.2 km

  Rathkenny railway station was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which ran from Ballymena to Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)