The Sheddings
The Sheddings is a town or village in Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the The Sheddings area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- County
- Mid and East Antrim
Weather
12°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 14° / 10° · 58% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:42Sunset 20:01
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
3 food businesses within 2 miles
- 3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 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)
EV charging
1 charging location within ~8 km
- Nearest: DRD Park and Ride Templepatrick (6.1 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)
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 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
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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)