Bishops Court
Bishops Court is a town or village in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland, with two parks or greens and one bus stop. The nearest railway station is Downpatrick, 7.9 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bishops Court area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- County
- Newry, Mourne and Down
Weather
14°CCloudy
- Today: 15° / 9° · 29% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 13° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:56
13h 13m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
5 food businesses within 2 miles
- 4 rated 4–5 ★ (4 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
9 charging locations within ~8 km
- 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 180 kW
- Nearest: Downshire Hospital (Staff Car Park 2) (6.2 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 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
Notable places nearby
- RAF Bishops Court · 2.3 km
Royal Air Force Bishops Court or more simply RAF Bishops Court is a former Royal Air Force airfield, radar control and reporting station located on the south east coast of Northern Ireland, approximately 5.8 miles (9.…
Lecale · 3.1 kmLecale is a peninsula in the east of County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies between Strangford Lough and Dundrum Bay. In the Middle Ages it was a district or túath in the Gaelic Irish kingdom of Ulaid, then became a…
- Ballyalton Court Cairn · 3.6 km
Ballyalton Court Cairn is a single court grave situated on a rock outcrop by the roadside 0.5 miles from Ballyalton village, which is 2.25 miles east of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, at grid ref 531 44…
Ballyhornan · 3.6 kmBallyhornan is a small village and townland in eastern County Down, Northern Ireland. It is located along the Irish Sea coast, less than 10 miles from Downpatrick. The village had a population of 455 at the 2021 censu…
Kilclief Castle · 3.9 kmKilclief Castle is a tower-house castle beside Strangford Lough and 2.5 miles (4 km) south of the village of Strangford, County Down, Northern Ireland. Kilclief is a hamlet on the Strangford to Ardglass road.
- Lough Money · 4.1 km
Lough Money is a lake in County Down, about three miles from the town of Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. A rainbow trout fishery is maintained there for anglers.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)