Carrowdore

13°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 11° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 14° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:56

13h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom

9 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

• Cheapest petrol: 152.7p · Asda (10.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · 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)

5,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

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

• 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 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

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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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