Ballyward

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• Today: 13° / 8° · 19% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:58

13h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

6 food businesses within 2 miles

• 6 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 0 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)

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Main Street (6.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

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)

16 jobs advertised · £34,888 avg

e.g. Knowledge Paralegal - Global Financial Markets, Matter Orchestration Manager, MEICA Engineer

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 South Down:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s266 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership188 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test113 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Reduce Vehicle Excise Duty by 50% for vehicles aged 20 to 39 years112 local signatures · 54,314 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth103 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

• 
  Ballyward railway station · 0.3 km

  Ballyward railway station was a railway station serving Ballyward, County Down, Northern Ireland, on the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) which ran from Banbridge to Castlewellan.

• Derryneill · 0.9 km

  Derryneill is a townland of 1,049 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland, near to Leitrim, County Down. It is situated in the civil parish of Drumgooland and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half. Derryneill…

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  Iveagh Upper, Lower Half · 1.8 km

  Iveagh Upper, Lower Half is the name of a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It was created by 1851 with the division of the barony of Iveagh Upper into two. It lies in the centre of the county, and is bordered…

• Drumadonald railway station · 2.4 km

  Drumadonald railway station was on the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) which ran from Banbridge to Castlewellan in Northern Ireland.

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  Dolly's Brae conflict · 2.6 km

  The Dolly's Brae conflict occurred near Castlewellan in County Down, Ulster, on 12 July 1849. A large group of Orangemen had elected to march from Ballyward Church to Tollymore Park and back again. The outward journey…

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  Leitrim, County Down · 2.9 km

  Leitrim, is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland, approximately 3 miles from Castlewellan, near Dromara, in the parish of Drumgooland. It is set between the Dromara Hills and the Mourne Mountains. It is cl…

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