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
10°CLight rain
- Today: 11° / 9° · 57% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 8° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:10Sunset 17:01
9h 51m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
25US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
23 food businesses within 2 miles
- 20 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
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 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
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- 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…
Ards (territory) · 3.5 kmArds is the name of several different historical territorial divisions all located on the Ards Peninsula in modern-day County Down, Northern Ireland.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)