Pharmacies Open Now in Lisburn
58 of 100 pharmacies near Lisburn are open right now. Find a Pharmacy pulls live opening hours from NHS data and the most recent pharmacy rota, so you only see chemists that are actually open, not just the ones that are meant to be. Tap any result for directions, the phone number and today’s full opening schedule. For late-night and 24-hour cover, see the links below.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I find a pharmacy open now in Lisburn?
Enter your postcode or allow location access at the top of this page. Find a Pharmacy will show every pharmacy within five miles of you in Lisburn, sorted by distance, with a live open-or-closed badge on each one. Tap a result to call, get directions, or see today’s opening hours.
- What if no pharmacy is open when I need medication?
If every nearby pharmacy is shut, Find a Pharmacy shows the address and phone number of the nearest pharmacy that will open next, along with an NHS 111 quick-dial for urgent medication advice. Call NHS 111 free, any time of day, for prescription emergencies; they can arrange an emergency supply from an on-call pharmacy anywhere in the UK.
- Does Lisburn have a 24-hour pharmacy?
That depends on the live NHS opening-hours data for each Lisburn pharmacy, and very few UK cities have a true round-the-clock chemist. See our 24-hour pharmacies in Lisburn page for the honest answer; it tells you straight whether a 24-hour pharmacy exists, or lists the latest-closing alternatives and the nearest out-of-hours service if it doesn’t.
- How accurate are the opening hours?
Find a Pharmacy uses the NHSBSA Consolidated Pharmaceutical List for the pharmacy directory and pulls live opening hours from each pharmacy’s NHS.uk profile, updated weekly. Bank holiday rota data, where published by your local NHS region, overrides the standard NHS hours so you never get sent to a shut shop on Christmas Day or Easter Monday. If you spot an error, please let us know.
- Is Find a Pharmacy free?
Yes. Find a Pharmacy is free for everyone, forever. No sign-up, no tracking for ad-targeting, no install gate. We use privacy-friendly analytics (Plausible) to count anonymous visits. The data we rely on is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
About pharmacies in Lisburn
- 34 pharmacies serve the Lisburn area
- The nearest chemist is N & R Gordon Ltd T/A Gordons Chemists (0 miles away).
- Hours last verified: 22 May 2026
Finding a pharmacy open now in Lisburn
Lisburn sits eight miles south-west of Belfast and forms part of the Belfast Metropolitan Area, though it has full city status in its own right. Its pharmacy network covers the historic Market Square area, the Bow Street Mall and the surrounding residential neighbourhoods of Hilden, Lambeg, Hillsborough Road, Old Warren and Knockmore. Lisburn's proximity to Belfast means many residents commute into the city for daytime work, so weekend and evening pharmacy demand in Lisburn itself can be heavier than the population alone suggests.
Lisburn's pharmacy provision is concentrated around the city centre and the Sprucefield retail park on the southern edge of the city, where the larger supermarket pharmacies tend to follow extended store trading hours. Smaller community pharmacies in the residential estates typically keep standard 9 am to 6 pm hours on weekdays with reduced Saturday cover.
The community-pharmacy directory for Lisburn comes from the Business Services Organisation (BSO) monthly dispensing-by-contractor dataset, published on OpenDataNI under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. Find a Pharmacy uses this list as the authoritative source.
Lagan Valley Hospital on Hillsborough Road is Lisburn's local hospital, part of the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. Its on-site pharmacy serves inpatients and clinic patients and is not a public out-of-hours community dispenser.
For urgent medication outside normal pharmacy hours in Lisburn, call NHS 111 (free, 24 hours). The 111 service covers the South Eastern HSC Trust area and can arrange an emergency supply or refer you to GP out-of-hours care.
FAQ
Do NHS prescription charges apply in Lisburn? No. Northern Ireland abolished NHS prescription charges in April 2010. Prescriptions dispensed at Lisburn pharmacies are free at the point of dispensing.
Can I use a Belfast GP prescription at a Lisburn pharmacy? Yes. An NHS prescription issued by any GP in Northern Ireland can be dispensed at any community pharmacy registered with the BSO contractor list, including Lisburn pharmacies. If you live in Lisburn but work in Belfast, it is often easier to collect repeats near home.
Are Lisburn pharmacies open on bank holidays? Some are, some are not. Northern Ireland observes most UK-wide bank holidays plus St Patrick's Day and the Twelfth of July; community-pharmacy cover varies by branch and trust-published rota. Use Find a Pharmacy's live status badges and phone ahead if you are making a special trip.