Carrowdore

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• Today: 14° / 7° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:08Sunset 18:04

9h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

9 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

• Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (10.1 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: HRL Carrowdore (0.2 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 jobs advertised

e.g. Document Services Team Lead, Document Production Team Lead (Evening Shift)

Source: Adzuna

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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  Strangford College · 0.8 km

  Strangford College, also known as Strangford Integrated College, is a school in Carrowdore, Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is an integrated co-educational secondary school with a grammar stream with ar…

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  Carrowdore · 0.9 km

  Carrowdore is a village on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the townland of Ballyrawer, the civil parish of Donaghadee and the historic barony of Ards Lower. It lies within the Ar…

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  Ballyboley, County Down · 1.4 km

  Ballyboley is a townland of 783 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland, near Carrowdore on the Ards Peninsula. It is situated in the civil parish of Greyabbey and the historic barony of Ards Lower.

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  Mount Stewart · 3.8 km

  Mount Stewart is a 19th-century house and garden in County Down, Northern Ireland, owned by the National Trust. Situated on the east shore of Strangford Lough, a few miles outside the town of Newtownards and near Grey…

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  Ballyblack · 3.9 km

  Ballyblack is a rural area in the Ards Peninsula of County Down, Northern Ireland, approximately 4 miles southeast of the town of Newtownards. Located in the barony of Ards Lower, Ballyblack townland spans the civil p…

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  Ballycopeland Windmill · 3.9 km

  Ballycopeland Windmill is a functioning windmill located one mile west of Millisle, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Historic Environment Division of the Department for Communities and is open to th…

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