Brackenagh

Brackenagh is a settlement in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland. It has one school. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Brackenagh area — all from official UK open data.

Council: Newry, Mourne and Down
County: Newry, Mourne and Down

Northern Ireland isn’t covered by some Great Britain data sources, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care ratings, rents, affordability, life expectancy and neighbourhood deprivation aren’t shown here. House prices, weather, air quality, food hygiene, fuel, your MP, council control, petitions and notable places do apply.

Weather

10°COvercast

Today: 14° / 8° · 19% rain
Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:57

13h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

Food hygiene

11 food businesses within 2 miles

10 rated 4–5 ★ (10 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

4 charging locations within ~8 km

1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 150 kW
Nearest: EUROSPAR Newcastle Road (3.7 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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

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 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

Notable places nearby

Longstone GAC · 2.5 km
Longstone GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in Annalong, County Down, Northern Ireland. Set at the foot of the Mourne Mountains in the Lower Mourne parish, the club caters for Gaelic Football, Camogie, and mor…
Mourne (barony) · 2.5 km
Mourne is a barony in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south-east of the county, with the Irish Sea to its east. It is bordered by two other baronies: Iveagh Upper, Lower Half and Iveagh Upper, Upper Half…
Silent Valley Reservoir · 4.3 km
The Silent Valley Reservoir is a reservoir located in the Mourne Mountains near Kilkeel, County Down in Northern Ireland. It supplies most of the water for County Down, surrounding counties and most of Belfast. It is…
Annalong · 4.4 km
Annalong is a seaside village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is at the foot of the Mourne Mountains, 8 miles (13 km) south of Newcastle. Annalong is in the civil parish of Kilkeel, the barony of Mourne, and the…
Binnian Tunnel · 4.5 km
The Binnian Tunnel was constructed between 1947 and 1950/51 and is located under the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland. The main purpose of the tunnel is to divert water from the Annalong Valley to the…
Tullaghmurray Lass · 4.8 km
The Tullaghmurray Lass was a prawn fishing boat based in Kilkeel, County Down, Northern Ireland.