Greyabbey
Greyabbey is a village in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 1,030. It has one school, two parks and greens, four restaurants and cafés, and one bus stop. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Greyabbey area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- County
- Ards and North Down
Weather
9°COvercast
- Today: 14° / 7° · 87% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:08Sunset 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
12 food businesses within 2 miles
- 12 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (11.6 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (11.6 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
2 charging locations within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: Mount Stewart Car Park Newtownards (3.3 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Your MP
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party
Strangford
Recent votes:
- AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
- NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
- NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
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
Local businesses
6,005 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
2 jobs advertised
e.g. Working Capital Manager, End User Technology Lead
Source: Adzuna
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 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
Notable places nearby
Greyabbey · 0.0 kmGreyabbey or Grey Abbey is a small village, townland and civil parish located on the eastern shores of Strangford Lough, on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland.
Grey Abbey, Down · 0.2 kmGrey Abbey is a ruined Cistercian priory in Greyabbey, County Down, Northern Ireland. Currently maintained by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, it is a monument in state care in the townland of Rosemount, on th…
Ards (territory) · 2.3 kmArds is the name of several different historical territorial divisions all located on the Ards Peninsula in modern-day County Down, Northern Ireland.
Ballyboley, County Down · 3.0 kmBallyboley 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.
Ards Peninsula · 3.5 kmThe Ards Peninsula is a peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the north-east coast of Ireland. It separates Strangford Lough from the North Channel of the Irish Sea. Towns and villages on the peninsula includ…
A20 road (Northern Ireland) · 3.6 kmThe A20 is a road in County Down in Northern Ireland. It runs from Belfast to Newtownards and on to Portaferry.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Greyabbey?
- Greyabbey is a town in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, in the Ards and North Down local authority.
- What is the population of Greyabbey?
- Greyabbey has an approximate settlement population of 1,030.