Cultra

Cultra is a settlement in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. It has 2 schools, 1 GP clinic, 21 parks and greens, and 5 restaurants and cafés, with 1 bus stop and the nearest railway station being Marino, 0.3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cultra area — all from official UK open data.

Council: Ards and North Down
County: Ards and North Down

Northern Ireland isn’t covered by some Great Britain data sources, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care ratings, rents, affordability, life expectancy and neighbourhood deprivation aren’t shown here. House prices, weather, air quality, food hygiene, fuel, your MP, council control, petitions and notable places do apply.

Weather

4°CMist

Today: 13° / 3° · 91% rain
Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 08:10Sunset 18:04

9h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

Food hygiene

89 food businesses within 2 miles

79 rated 4–5 ★ (63 top)
0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

Fuel prices

Cheapest petrol: 159.7p · Asda (9.6 km)
Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (9.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

51 charging locations within ~8 km

13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 320 kW
Nearest: The Culloden Hotel and Spa (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Alex Easton

Independent

North Down

Recent votes:

NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12
AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7
AyeNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32

Source: UK Parliament

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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

6,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Local economy

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

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:

Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases287 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills121 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately118 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth112 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings88 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide

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

Notable places nearby

Marino railway station (Northern Ireland) · 0.3 km
Marino railway station is a railway station in the townland of Ballycultra in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Cultra railway station · 0.8 km
Cultra railway station is a railway station in the townland of Ballycultra in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. It serves the Cultra residential area and the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
Result (schooner) · 1.0 km
Result is a three-masted cargo schooner built in Carrickfergus in 1893. She was a working ship until 1967, and served for a short time in the Royal Navy as a Q-ship during World War I. She currently rests on land at t…
Ulster Folk and Transport Museums · 1.1 km
Both the Ulster Folk Museum and Ulster Transport Museum are situated in Cultra, Northern Ireland, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) east of the city of Belfast. Now operating as two separate museums, the Folk Museum endeav…
Holywood Priory · 1.2 km
Holywood Priory is a medieval monastic ruin in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century on the site of an earlier monastery, it was later used by the Franciscans and dissol…
Holywood Rudolf Steiner School · 1.2 km
The Holywood Rudolf Steiner School is a Waldorf school located in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland which teaches children using methods inspired by Rudolf Steiner. The school is co-educational, serving ages 3…