Local servicesHospitalPhotopheresis Service, The Royal Belfast Hospital For Sick Children23 miGP surgeryDr. Leggett & Partners3.8 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi5 schools4 primary, 1 secondarySecondarySt Malachy's High School1,051 pupilsright herePrimarySt Malachy's Primary School387 pupilsright herePrimaryBunscoil Bheanna Boirche162 pupilsunder a mileSource: Department of Education (Northern Ireland), school-level data
Getting aroundAirportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport BHD25 miMajor airportBelfast International Airport BFS30 miSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the BT31 postcode district.
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the BT31 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 17 h 12 min4:49 am – 10:01 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 20 min8:42 am – 4:01 pm
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People2,609 residentsin the Slieve Croob E census area887 householdsSource: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 18°C, lows 11°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C1,218 mm of rain a year, 38 days with 10 mm or morewettest month January26 days of air frost, 1 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Earthquakes2 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 3+, 0 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 2.0 on 19 Oct 199035 mi away, Carrickfergus, AntrimMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 19 Oct 199035 mi away, Carrickfergus, AntrimSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Air qualityNO2 2.6 · PM2.5 4.4 · PM10 7.6 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within the WHO guidelines for all threeSource: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband88% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband96% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.4% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)993 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
