Cloghoge

Cloghoge is a village in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 800. It has 2 schools, 2 supermarkets, 17 parks & greens, and 2 restaurants & cafés, along with 7 bus stops. The nearest railway station is Newry, 4.4 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Cloghoge 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

15°COvercast

Today: 15° / 7° · 36% rain
Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:59

13h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland

Food hygiene

216 food businesses within 2 miles

176 rated 4–5 ★ (155 top)
5 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

19 charging locations within ~8 km

4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 100 kW
Nearest: Claire's Coffee (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Dáire Hughes

Sinn Féin

Newry and Armagh

Source: UK Parliament

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)

Jobs

9 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Law Tutor - Part Time, Online Law Tutoring Job in Cloghoge – Flexible Schedule, Become a Biology Tutor in Cloghoge – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

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 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

Notable places nearby

Attack on Cloghoge checkpoint · 0.4 km
The attack on Cloghoge checkpoint was an unconventional railway bomb attack carried out on 1 May 1992 by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) against a British Army permanent vehicle checkpoint, manned at the t…
Cloughoge, County Armagh · 1.1 km
Cloughoge is a small village outside Newry in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In the 2021 census, the village had a population of approximately 400.
John Mitchel GFC · 1.7 km
John Mitchel GFC is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. Established in 1956, it is named after the Irish patriot John Mitchel. The club has won the Down Senior Football Ch…
Páirc Esler · 1.8 km
Páirc Esler is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) stadium in Newry, Northern Ireland.
The Showgrounds (Newry) · 1.9 km
The Showgrounds is a football stadium in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was the home ground of Newry City F.C. and is now the home ground of their successor club, Newry City A.F.C. The stadium holds 7,949, b…
Newtowncloghoge · 2.4 km
Newtowncloghoge is a small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 357 people. It lies within the Newry and Mourne District Council area, west of the A1 road.