Ballygowan

5°CClear

• Today: 9° / 3° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 3° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:07Sunset 18:07

10h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

17 food businesses within 2 miles

• 16 rated 4–5 ★ (15 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

• Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (11.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Comber REC (6.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party

Strangford

Source: UK Parliament

No overall control

• DUP 14
• Alli 12
• UUP 8
• SDLP 1
• Oth 5

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

6,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£24,420 disposable income per head (2024)

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

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Strangford:

• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings185 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth131 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately126 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases122 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills112 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Ballygowan railway station · 0.1 km

  Ballygowan railway station was a rural station in Ballygowan, County Down between Comber and Saintfield on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast Queens Quay station to Newcastle railway station in…

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  Ballygowan · 0.1 km

  Ballygowan is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the Ards and North Down Borough. The town of Comber is a short distance to the north-east, the town of Saintfield to the south, and the city of Be…

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  A21 road (Northern Ireland) · 0.6 km

  The A21, also Comber road, is a road in County Down in Northern Ireland. The route commences in Bangor, passing through Newtownards, Comber, Ballygowan, Saintfield, and finishes on the northern outskirts of Ballynahinch.

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  Ravara · 1.8 km

  Ravara is a rural townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has an area of 1242.98 acres (5.03 km2). It is situated in the civil parish of Killinchy and the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower, located just south…

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  Magherascouse · 1.9 km

  Magherascouse is a rural townland near Ballygowan in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has an area of 1286.45 acres (5.206 km2). It is situated in the civil parish of Comber, the Poor Law Union of Newtownards and the…

• Shepherd's Bridge Halt railway station · 2.5 km

  Shepherd's Bridge Halt was a basic halt on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast Queens Quay station to Newcastle railway station in Northern Ireland. It is about 13.7 miles from Queens Quay station

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