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Rathfriland

Rathfriland is a village in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 2,063. It has 2 schools, 1 GP surgery, 1 pharmacy, 1 supermarket, 1 park, and 1 restaurant and café. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Rathfriland area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
County
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Northern Ireland isn’t covered by some Great Britain data sources, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care ratings, rents, affordability, life expectancy and neighbourhood deprivation aren’t shown here. House prices, weather, air quality, food hygiene, fuel, your MP, council control, petitions and notable places do apply.

Weather

13°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 14° / 7° · 46% rain
  • Tomorrow: 14° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 20:01

13h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

Food hygiene

30 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 27 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Rathfriland Health Centre (1.6 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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

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 South Down:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Rathfriland Rangers F.C. · 1.0 km

    Rathfriland 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-…

  • Rathfriland Castle · 1.4 km

    Rathfriland 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…

  • Rathfriland · 1.4 km

    Rathfriland is a market village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Newry and 27 miles (43 km) south of Belfast. It had a population of 2,490 in the 2021 census.

  • Knock Iveagh · 3.1 km

    Knock 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…

  • Monteith, County Down · 3.5 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.

  • Drumlough, Rathfriland · 3.5 km

    Drumlough is a village/townland in County Down, Northern Ireland, southwest of Rathfriland, and is located in the civil parish of Drumgath.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Rathfriland?
Rathfriland is a town in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland, in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon local authority.
What is the population of Rathfriland?
Rathfriland has an approximate settlement population of 2,063.