Ballynahinch

13°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 15° / 8° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:57

13h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Lisburn Dunmurry Seymour Hill, United Kingdom

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 2026-06

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)

10,705 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

32 jobs advertised · £29,761 avg

e.g. Financial Controller, Knowledge Paralegal - Global Financial Markets, Gully Driver/Boom Arm Operator

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 a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership261 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s259 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings174 local signatures · 11,744 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office172 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test153 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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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)