Bessbrook

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• Today: 14° / 7° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:59

13h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Newry Canal Street, United Kingdom

59 food businesses within 2 miles

• 53 rated 4–5 ★ (46 top)
• 1 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)

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 100 kW
• Nearest: CR Morrow-Hyundai (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Dáire Hughes

Sinn Féin

Newry and Armagh

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)

19 jobs advertised · £49,701 avg

e.g. Night Shift Manager, Permanent Registered Nurse, Online Psychology Tutoring Job in Bessbrook – Flexible Schedule

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 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

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  Bessbrook · 0.4 km

  Bessbrook is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies about three miles (5 km) northwest of Newry and near the Newry bypass on the main A1 Belfast-Dublin road and Belfast-Dublin railway line. Today the vi…

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  Craobh Rua GAA · 0.5 km

  Craobh Rua Camlocha (CRC) is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club located in Bessbrook, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The club is solely concerned with the game of hurling.

• St Paul's High School, Bessbrook · 1.2 km

  St. Paul's High School, Bessbrook is an all-ability, co-educational English-Medium secondary school located on the outskirts of Bessbrook near Newry, County Armagh. It is a Catholic-maintained day school for boys and…

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  Derrymore House · 1.6 km

  Derrymore House is a National Trust property in Bessbrook, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The grounds are open to the public most of the year round and the drawing room or "Treaty Room" in the house itself on sel…

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  Camlough · 1.7 km

  Camlough is a village west of Newry in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The village is named after a lake, known as the Cam Lough. South of the village is Camlough Mountain, part of the Ring of Gullion which is an Are…

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  Mullaghglass · 2.4 km

  Mullaghglass is a small village and townland north of Newry in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was named after the nearby townland of Mullaghglass, although the village itself is within the townland of Latt. In th…

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