Scotch Street
Scotch Street is a town or village in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland. There is 1 school serving the area, and the nearest railway station is Portadown, 5.4 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Scotch Street area — all from official UK open data.
Weather
7°CLight rain
- Today: 14° / 6° · 89% rain
- Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:12Sunset 18:08
9h 56m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
16 food businesses within 2 miles
- 16 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (5.8 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (5.8 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
12 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 24 kW
- Nearest: DRD Car Park Magowan Buildings (5.4 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 Upper Bann:
- Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after121 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth110 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills109 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings102 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately97 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
- Scotch Street · 1.2 km
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- Drumcree College · 3.9 km
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- St John the Baptist's College, Portadown · 4.0 km
St John the Baptist's College is a non-selective, co-educational, secondary school located in Portadown, Northern Ireland.
- The Birches, County Armagh · 4.3 km
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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)