Crossgar

9°CCloudy

• Today: 10° / 4° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 13° / 3° · Overcast

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Sunrise 08:07Sunset 18:07

10h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

30 food businesses within 2 miles

• 25 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
• 0 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 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: The Square Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party

Strangford

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)

10,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised

e.g. Salesforce Product Owner, Document Production Team Lead (Evening Shift)

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 Strangford:

• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings185 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth131 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately126 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases122 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills112 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Crossgar railway station · 0.2 km

  Crossgar railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland.

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  Crossgar · 0.3 km

  Crossgar is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about 15 miles (24 km) south of Belfast, between Saintfield and Downpatrick. Crossgar had a population 1,997 people in the 2021 UK Census.

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  Ballynahinch River · 1.2 km

  Ballynahinch River is a river in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is one of the two component watercourses which form the Annacloy River, also known as the Quoile River.

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  A7 road (Northern Ireland) · 1.5 km

  In Northern Ireland, the A7 is a major trunk road running 15.0 miles (24.1 km) from Downpatrick, through Crossgar and Saintfield, to Carryduff. Here the A7 joins the A24 at an at-grade roundabout, and continues to Bel…

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  Kilmore, County Down · 1.9 km

  Kilmore is a village, civil parish and townland of 149 acres (60 ha) in County Down, Northern Ireland, about 1 mile (1.6 km) from Crossgar. It is situated in the historic baronies of Castlereagh Upper and Kinelarty.

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  Inch, County Down · 3.3 km

  Inch is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Lecale Lower. It shares its name with Inch townland, which has an area of approximately 560 acres (0.9 sq mi). Inch Abb…

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