New Ferry

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 9° · 60% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 20:00

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

3 food businesses within 2 miles

• 3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£195,453 average▲ 10.5% YoY

Across Mid Ulster · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Lough Beg Glamping (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

No overall control

• SF 19
• DUP 11
• UUP 2
• SDLP 5
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

10,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised · £38,623 avg

e.g. SEN Teaching assistant- Wirral, Kitchen Assistant

Source: Adzuna

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,124 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction8.0
• Feeling worthwhile8.3
• Happiness yesterday8.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)1.9

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

• Ballyscullion House · 2.7 km

  Ballyscullion House refers to two country houses built for the Hervey family near Bellaghy in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, close to Lough Beg at north-west corner of Lough Neagh.

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  Crosskeys Inn · 2.7 km

  Crosskeys Inn is a pub situated in a rural location between Portglenone and Toome in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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  Lough Beg · 2.8 km

  Lough Beg is a small freshwater lake north of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland. The lake is located on the border between County Londonderry and County Antrim. The Lower Bann flows into it from Lough Neagh at the south…

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  St. Mary's Church, Bellaghy · 3.5 km

  St. Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is the final resting place of Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Seamus Heaney. It is also the place where IRA hunger-…

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  Wolfe Tones GAA (Bellaghy) · 3.8 km

  Bellaghy Wolfe Tones Gaelic Athletic Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently competes in gaelic football and…

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  Bellaghy · 4.0 km

  Bellaghy is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies north west of Lough Neagh and about 5 miles north east of Magherafelt. In the centre of the village three main roads lead to Magherafelt, Portglen…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)