Crawfordsburn
Crawfordsburn is a town or village in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, with 1 school and 2 parks and greens, 2 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Helen's Bay, 0.9 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Crawfordsburn area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- County
- Ards and North Down
Weather
13°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 15° / 10° · 36% rain
- Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:57
13h 14m 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
78 food businesses within 2 miles
- 66 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 152.7p · Asda (7.6 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 172.7p · Asda (4 km)
2 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
24 charging locations within ~8 km
- 11 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 200 kW
- Nearest: The Old Inn (0.2 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)
Jobs
20 jobs advertised · £26,436 avg
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Source: Adzuna
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 North Down:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s348 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership306 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases283 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office227 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test144 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Crawfordsburn · 0.2 kmCrawfordsburn, in an area historically Ballymullan, is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. The village, which is now effectively a commuter town, lies between Holywood and Bangor to the north of the A2 road, a…
Crawfordsburn Viaduct · 0.4 kmThe Crawfordsburn Viaduct is a railway viaduct in Crawfordsburn, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Crawfordsburn railway station · 0.8 kmCrawfordsburn railway station served Crawfordsburn Hospital and Crawfordsburn Country Park in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was situated between Carnalea and Helen's Bay. The halt closed in 1997 because of low pa…
Helen's Bay railway station · 1.0 kmHelen's Bay railway station serves Helen's Bay as well as the nearby village of Crawfordsburn in the townland of Ballygrot, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Helen's Bay · 1.2 kmHelen's Bay is a village on the northern coast of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Ballygrot, between Holywood, Crawfordsburn and Bangor. The village is served by a railway station and had a…
- Kilcooley estate · 1.6 km
Kilcooley estate is a housing estate owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on the outskirts of Bangor, Northern Ireland. The residents of the area are predominantly Protestant, and the area has strong link…
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