Nuns Quarter
Nuns Quarter is a town or village in Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. It has 2 schools, 1 supermarket, 6 parks & greens and 1 restaurant & café. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Nuns Quarter area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Ards and North Down
- County
- Ards and North Down
Weather
14°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 15° / 11° · 36% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 14° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:56
13h 14m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
23 food businesses within 2 miles
- 21 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
EV charging
1 charging location within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 7 kW
- Nearest: Mount Stewart Car Park Newtownards (7.3 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)
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 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
Notable places nearby
A20 road (Northern Ireland) · 0.7 kmThe A20 is a road in County Down in Northern Ireland. It runs from Belfast to Newtownards and on to Portaferry.
- Inishargy · 1.1 km
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Kircubbin, County Down · 1.9 kmKircubbin is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. The village had a population of 1,153 people in the 2011 census.
Ards Peninsula · 2.1 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…
- Ballycran · 3.0 km
St Joseph's GAA Club, Ballycran, referred to mononymously as Ballycran, is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the Ards Peninsula, County Down, Northern Ireland. The club is affiliated to the Down County Board and f…
- Strangford Lough · 3.7 km
Strangford Lough is a large sea lough or inlet in County Down, in the east of Northern Ireland. It is the largest inlet in Ireland and the wider British Isles, covering 150 km2 (58 sq mi). The lough is almost fully en…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)