Killylea
Killylea is a village in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 1,400. It has around 1 school and around 2 parks and greens. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Killylea area — all from official UK open data.
Weather
11°COvercast
- Today: 16° / 8° · 56% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:45Sunset 20:03
13h 18m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
34US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Armagh Lonsdale Road, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
7 food businesses within 2 miles
- 7 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
EV charging
3 charging locations within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: Bernburb Priory (7.3 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
10,760 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
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 Newry and Armagh:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s291 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership156 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test131 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Review discharge of mental health patients112 local signatures · 14,552 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth90 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Killylea · 0.0 kmKillylea is a small village and townland in Northern Ireland. It is within the Armagh City and District Council area. The village is set on a hill, with St Mark's Church of Ireland, built in 1832, at its summit. The v…
- Killylea railway station · 1.2 km
Killylea railway station was on the Ulster Railway in Northern Ireland.
- Haughey's Fort · 1.7 km
Haughey's Fort is a hill fort in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, 2+1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) west of the city of Armagh. It is named after the farmer who owned the land it is situated on in the later 19th century. The la…
Tynan and Caledon railway station · 2.7 kmTynan and Caledon railway station was on the Ulster Railway in Northern Ireland.
Caledon, County Tyrone · 3.2 kmCaledon is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is in the Clogher Valley on the banks of the River Blackwater, 10 km west of Armagh, near the border with the Republic of Ireland. In the 2021 Census i…
- Tynan Abbey · 3.3 km
Tynan Abbey in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, was a large neo-gothic-romantic country house built c. 1750 and situated outside the village of Tynan. It was home to the Stronge family until 1981, when it was set on f…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)