Hillhead

11°CCloudy

• Today: 15° / 8° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:58

13h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

2 food businesses within 2 miles

• 1 rated 4–5 ★ (1 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

1 charging location within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Barbican Centra A1, Banbridge (8 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)

768 jobs advertised · £37,634 avg

e.g. Customer service expert, Service Excellence Specialists - Easyjet, Customer Service Advisor

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 South Down:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s266 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership188 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test113 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Reduce Vehicle Excise Duty by 50% for vehicles aged 20 to 39 years112 local signatures · 54,314 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth103 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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  Katesbridge · 1.6 km

  Katesbridge is a small hamlet in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Shannaghan, just off the main route from Castlewellan to Banbridge, and 4.3 miles (7 km) north of Rathfriland. The River Ban…

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  A50 road (Northern Ireland) · 2.2 km

  The A50 is a road in counties Armagh and Down in Northern Ireland. It starts in the town of Portadown and continues through Gilford, Lawrencetown, Banbridge, Katebridge, Moneyslane, Ballyward and Castlewellan, before…

• Ballysheil, County Down · 2.4 km

  Ballysheil is a townland of 385 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Annaclone and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half.

• Poland's Bridge Halt railway station · 2.8 km

  Poland's Bridge Halt railway station was on the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) which ran from Banbridge to Castlewellan in Northern Ireland.

• Ballyroney Castle · 3.9 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…

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  Ballela · 4.3 km

  Ballela is a small village and parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Banbridge, located on top of one of the many drumlins that are common in the county. There are a number of p…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)