Ashfield

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• Today: 15° / 7° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:58

13h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

10 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Barbican Centra A1, Banbridge (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

No overall control

• SF 15
• DUP 13
• Alli 4
• UUP 5
• SDLP 1
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

10,760 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

42 jobs advertised · £33,530 avg

e.g. Sous Chef, Quantity Surveyor, Rental Property Cleaner

Source: Adzuna

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,033 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Lagan Valley:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s317 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership267 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office186 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth153 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills153 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• Ashfield Halt railway station · 1.6 km

  Ashfield Halt railway station served Ashfield in County Down, Northern Ireland. Sited 2 miles south of Dromore the station was served by the line from Lisburn to Banbridge.

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  A1 road (Northern Ireland) · 1.6 km

  The A1 is a major route in Northern Ireland. It runs from Belfast via Lisburn and Banbridge to the border with the Republic of Ireland south of Newry, from where the road continues to Dublin, becoming the N1 road and…

• Iveagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 1.9 km

  Iveagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

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  Mullafernaghan railway station · 1.9 km

  Mullafernaghan railway station was on the Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway which ran from Knockmore Junction to Banbridge in Northern Ireland. It served the village of Mullafernaghan, and the neighbouring villag…

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  Blackskull · 2.6 km

  Blackskull is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies near Donaghcloney and Dromore. In the 2021 census it had a population of 421 people. It is within the Craigavon Borough Council area.

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  Dromore Viaduct · 3.0 km

  The Dromore Viaduct is an abandoned railway viaduct in Dromore, County Down, Northern Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)