Creggan
Creggan is a village in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland, with around 12 parks and greens and 3 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Creggan area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- County
- Newry, Mourne and Down
Weather
15°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 15° / 8° · 58% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 7° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:45Sunset 20:02
13h 17m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
17US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
Food hygiene
35 food businesses within 2 miles
- 33 rated 4–5 ★ (32 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
1 charging location within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 47 kW
- Nearest: Silverbridge Harps GFC (2.5 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 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
- Creggan, County Armagh · 0.6 km
Creggan is a small village, townland and civil parish near Crossmaglen in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 246 people. It lies within the Newry and Mourne District Council a…
Battle of Newry Road · 1.6 kmThe Battle of Newry Road was a running gun battle between British Army helicopters and Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) armed trucks, fought along the lanes east of Crossmaglen, County Armagh, on 23 September 1…
- St Joseph's High School, Crossmaglen · 2.7 km
St Joseph's High School Crossmaglen is a non selective, Catholic co-educational secondary school located in the town of Crossmaglen in the south of County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
1991 British Army Lynx shootdown · 2.7 kmOn 13 February 1991, an Army Air Corps (AAC) Westland Lynx Mk7, serial number ZE380, was shot down by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the vicinity of Crossmaglen, County Armagh, in Northern Ireland. The…
Republican Memorial, Crossmaglen · 2.8 kmThe Republican Memorial is a memorial in Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The memorial was unveiled in 1979 during The Troubles, as a dedication to the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
Crossmaglen · 2.8 kmCrossmaglen is a village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 1,610 in the 2011 Census and is the largest village in the south of County Armagh. The village centre is the site of a l…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)