Whitehead

12°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 9° · 38% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:57

13h 15m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom

37 food businesses within 2 miles

• 32 rated 4–5 ★ (29 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: 152.7p · Asda (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 172.7p · Asda (10.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Carrickfergus Park and Ride (7.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sammy Wilson

Democratic Unionist Party

East Antrim

Source: UK Parliament

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 jobs advertised

e.g. Management Accountant (12m FTC), Peerpoint Resourcing Manager

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 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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  Whitehead railway station · 0.1 km

  Whitehead railway station serves Whitehead in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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  Whitehead, County Antrim · 0.5 km

  Whitehead is a small seaside town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, lying almost midway between the towns of Carrickfergus and Larne. It lies within the civil parishes of Templecorran and Islandmag…

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  Blackhead Lighthouse · 2.0 km

  Blackhead Lighthouse is a listed lighthouse built at the turn of the 20th century, near Whitehead in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It marks the very northern end of Belfast Lough where it opens out into the North C…

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  Cloghan Point · 2.1 km

  Cloghan Point is an oil terminal located in Belfast Lough, near the town of Whitehead, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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  Ballystrudder · 2.8 km

  Ballystrudder or Ballystruder is a small village and townland on Islandmagee in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Belfast Lower and the civil parish of Islandmagee. It is part o…

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  Ballycarry railway station · 2.8 km

  Ballycarry railway station serves Ballycarry and Islandmagee in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, the station was opened on 1 October 1862.

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