Ballyroney
Ballyroney is a town or village in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland. It has 1 bus stop. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ballyroney area — all from official UK open data.
Weather
5°CMist
- Today: 12° / 5° · 91% rain
- Tomorrow: 8° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:10Sunset 18:07
9h 57m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
20US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
6 food businesses within 2 miles
- 4 rated 4–5 ★ (4 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: 22 kW
- Nearest: Rathfriland Health Centre (3.9 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Council control
No overall control
- SF 15
- DUP 13
- Alli 4
- UUP 5
- SDLP 1
- Oth 3
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
10,980 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
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
Wellbeing
- 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
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Down:
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth103 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately89 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills66 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Review discharge of mental health patients61 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
- Add fish-eating birds to Schedule 2.1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 198152 local signatures · 15,736 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Ballyroney railway station · 1.0 kmBallyroney railway station was on the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) which ran from Banbridge to Castlewellan in Northern Ireland.
- Ballyroney Castle · 1.7 km
Ballyroney Castle was a castle situated at Ballyroney, County Down, Northern Ireland. Originally constructed sometime in the 12th century as a motte and bailey castle, it was rebuilt by Justiciar of Ireland, John Fit…
Rathfriland Rangers F.C. · 2.6 kmRathfriland Rangers Football Club, referred to as Rathfriland Rangers, or "The Whites", is a Northern Irish semi-professional football club, playing in the NIFL Championship. Rathfriland Rangers are a part of the Mid-…
- Monteith, County Down · 2.9 km
Monteith is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 126 people. It lies within the Banbridge District area.
Knock Iveagh · 3.5 kmKnock Iveagh is a hill near Rathfriland, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is topped by an ancient burial cairn and was part of a ritual landscape, associated with the Uí Eachach tribe. In the Middle Ages it was the i…
Rathfriland Castle · 3.5 kmRathfriland Castle is a ruined castle in Rathfriland, County Down, Northern Ireland. The castle was a square building of 3–4 storeys with a stone barrel vault at the first floor level to reduce the risk of fire and wa…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)