Greyabbey

15°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 11° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

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

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom

12 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

• Cheapest petrol: 152.7p · Asda (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (11.6 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: Mount Stewart Car Park Newtownards (3.3 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 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Maths Tutoring Job in Greyabbey – Flexible Schedule, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

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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  Greyabbey · 0.0 km

  Greyabbey 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.

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  Grey Abbey, Down · 0.2 km

  Grey 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…

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  Ballyboley, County Down · 3.0 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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  Ards Peninsula · 3.5 km

  The 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…

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  A20 road (Northern Ireland) · 3.6 km

  The A20 is a road in County Down in Northern Ireland. It runs from Belfast to Newtownards and on to Portaferry.

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  Carrowdore · 3.6 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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