Ballsmill
Ballsmill is a town or village in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland. It has one park or green. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Ballsmill area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- County
- Newry, Mourne and Down
Weather
11°COvercast
- Today: 15° / 7° · 30% rain
- Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:59
13h 13m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
18US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
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
£220,572 average▲ 12.8% YoY
Across Newry, Mourne and Down · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
EV charging
1 charging location within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 47 kW
- Nearest: Silverbridge Harps GFC (4.4 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Council control
No overall control
- SF 20
- DUP 5
- Alli 4
- UUP 1
- SDLP 8
- Oth 3
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
10,705 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
£21,824 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.7
- Feeling worthwhile8.1
- Happiness yesterday7.8
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5
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
- Glasdrumman ambush · 2.0 km
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Castle Roche · 2.4 kmCastle Roche is a Norman castle located some 10 km north-west of Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. It was the seat of the de Verdun family, who built the castle in 1236.
Forkhill Peadar Ó Doirnín GAC · 3.5 kmForkhill Peadar Ó Doirnín Gaelic Athletic Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club within Armagh GAA. It is based in the village of Forkhill in south Armagh, Northern Ireland, on the border with County Louth, and is…
Forkhill · 3.8 kmForkhill or Forkill is a small village and civil parish in south County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is within the Ring of Gullion and in the 2011 Census it had a recorded population of 498. The population increased t…
- Roche Emmets GFC · 3.8 km
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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)