Pharmacies Open Now in Newtownabbey
59 of 100 pharmacies near Newtownabbey 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 Newtownabbey?
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 Newtownabbey, 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 Newtownabbey have a 24-hour pharmacy?
That depends on the live NHS opening-hours data for each Newtownabbey pharmacy, and very few UK cities have a true round-the-clock chemist. See our 24-hour pharmacies in Newtownabbey 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 Newtownabbey
- 45 pharmacies serve the Newtownabbey area
- 1 open on Sundays
- The nearest chemist is Baltic 'B' Enterprises Ltd (0.35 miles away).
- Hours last verified: 22 May 2026
Finding a pharmacy open now in Newtownabbey
Newtownabbey is a sizeable urban area immediately north of Belfast, formed from the historic villages of Whiteabbey, Glengormley, Carnmoney, Mossley, Monkstown and Rathcoole among others. It does not have a single defining town centre in the conventional sense; instead, pharmacy provision is spread across several local hubs, with the Abbey Centre at Longwood Road being the largest single retail focus.
The Abbey Centre and its surrounding retail park host the largest pharmacy branches in the area, typically operating extended trading hours seven days a week. Smaller community pharmacies in Glengormley, Mossley, Whiteabbey and Rathcoole keep more traditional community hours, often closing earlier in the evening and operating reduced Saturday cover.
The community-pharmacy directory for Newtownabbey comes from the Business Services Organisation (BSO) monthly dispensing-by-contractor dataset, published on OpenDataNI under a Creative Commons Attribution licence. Newtownabbey falls within the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.
Antrim Area Hospital to the north-west, and the Mater Hospital and Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast to the south, are the nearest major acute hospitals serving Newtownabbey residents. None of these operate a public 24-hour community pharmacy.
For urgent medication outside community-pharmacy hours, call NHS 111 (free, 24 hours). The 111 service covers the Northern HSC Trust area.
FAQ
Do NHS prescription charges apply in Newtownabbey? No. Northern Ireland abolished NHS prescription charges in April 2010, so prescriptions dispensed at Newtownabbey pharmacies are free at the point of dispensing for everyone.
Is Newtownabbey covered by the Belfast pharmacy rota for bank holidays? Not directly. Newtownabbey falls within the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, separate from the Belfast HSC Trust that covers Belfast city itself. Bank-holiday rotas are published per trust; Find a Pharmacy applies confirmed rota data when the trust releases it.
Which Newtownabbey pharmacies open latest in the evening? This depends on live opening-hours data — use the search at the top of this page to see chemists with the latest closing times within five miles of your postcode. Supermarket pharmacies attached to the larger retail parks tend to keep the longest hours; smaller independents typically close by 6 pm on weekdays.