Helen’s Bay

Helen’s Bay is a settlement in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. It has around 2 schools and 2 parks & greens, with 3 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Helen's Bay, 1.9 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Helen’s Bay 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

10°CLight rain shower

Today: 10° / 8° · 47% rain
Tomorrow: 16° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 17:02

9h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

Food hygiene

81 food businesses within 2 miles

66 rated 4–5 ★ (58 top)
1 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 (4.3 km)
Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (4.3 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

31 charging locations within ~8 km

12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 200 kW
Nearest: The Old Inn (1 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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

6,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Salesforce Product Owner, Credit Control Manager, Accounts Payable Manager

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 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

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Clandeboye · 1.4 km
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Clandeboye Estate · 1.4 km
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Crawfordsburn Viaduct · 1.5 km
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Kilcooley estate · 1.7 km
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Crawfordsburn railway station · 1.7 km
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