Ballynahinch

13°CHeavy rain

• Today: 13° / 3° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:09Sunset 18:05

9h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

73 food businesses within 2 miles

• 67 rated 4–5 ★ (65 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£220,572 average▲ 12.8% YoY

Across Newry, Mourne and Down · to 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 100 kW
• Nearest: Lisburn Street Car Park (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party

Strangford

Source: UK Parliament

No overall control

• SF 20
• DUP 5
• Alli 4
• UUP 1
• SDLP 8
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

10,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

45 jobs advertised · £26,346 avg

e.g. Salesforce Product Owner, Working Capital Manager, End User Computing Lead

Source: Adzuna

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Strangford:

• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings185 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth131 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately126 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases122 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills112 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Ballynahinch Market House · 0.0 km

  Ballynahinch Market House, formerly known as Ballynahinch Court House and as Ballynahinch Town Hall, is a municipal structure in the Market Square, Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland. The structure, which is…

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  Ballynahinch railway station · 0.3 km

  Ballynahinch railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Ballynahinch in Northern Ireland.

• Assumption Grammar School · 0.4 km

  Assumption Grammar School is a Catholic girls' grammar school in Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland, with over 900 students.

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  St Colman's High and Sixth Form College · 0.7 km

  St. Colman's High and Sixth Form College is an 11–18 Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school situated in Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland. The schools catchment area includes Ballynahinch Crossgar, D…

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  Ballynahinch, County Down · 1.1 km

  Ballynahinch is a market town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is 14 miles (23 km) south of Belfast city centre, the town lies on the main A24 road from Belfast to Clough, near Newcastle. It had a population of 6,…

• Creevyargon Halt railway station · 2.6 km

  Creevyargon Halt railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Ballynahinch in Northern Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)