Bar Hall
Bar Hall is a town or village in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bar Hall area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- County
- Ards and North Down
Weather
13°CClear
- Today: 16° / 11° · 17% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:58
13h 18m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
26US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
42 food businesses within 2 miles
- 39 rated 4–5 ★ (34 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
EV charging
2 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 22 kW
- Nearest: Quayside Parking (2.4 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Council control
No overall control
- DUP 14
- Alli 12
- UUP 8
- SDLP 1
- Oth 5
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
5,870 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
2.4% 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
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Strangford:
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership261 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s259 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings174 local signatures · 11,744 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office172 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test153 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
St Cooey's Wells · 1.7 kmSt Cooey's Wells, also called St Cowey's Wells, is the location of three holy wells, and the remains of a 7th century church; it is located in Tara Bay, near Portaferry, County Down. The site is dedicated to St Cooey,…
SeaGen · 1.9 kmSeaGen was the world's first large scale commercial tidal stream generator. It was four times more powerful than any other tidal stream generator in the world at the time of installation in 2008. It was decommissioned…
Portaferry GAC · 1.9 kmPortaferry GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Down County Board and is exclusively concerned with the game of hurling.
Keentagh · 2.0 kmKeentagh, possibly derived from An Caointeach in Irish, is a small townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. The townland, which was originally part of the parish of Witter, is now part of the Quintin Electoral Divis…
- Ballyphilip (civil parish) · 2.1 km
Ballyphilip is a civil parish and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the Ards Peninsula, in the historic barony of Ards Upper.
- Portaferry Marina · 2.7 km
Portaferry Marina is situated in Portaferry, on the east shore of The Narrows, the gateway to Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is owned and managed by Portaferry Regeneration, is sited 100 metres so…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)