Rathfriland

5°CLight rain

• Today: 12° / 5° · 91% rain
• Tomorrow: 8° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:10Sunset 18:07

9h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

30 food businesses within 2 miles

• 27 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

1 charging location within ~8 km

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

10,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Digital Workplace Lead, End User Computing Lead, Postal Delivery Driver

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:

• 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

• 
  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-…

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  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…

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  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.

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  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)