Whitehead

7°CSunny

• Today: 11° / 5° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:05Sunset 18:08

10h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

38 food businesses within 2 miles

• 32 rated 4–5 ★ (30 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 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 159.7p · Asda (10.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · 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)

6,260 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2.8% 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:

• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately134 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings128 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills122 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases111 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth100 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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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.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)