Dromara

Dromara is a town or village in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland. There are 1 school, 1 GP & clinic, 1 supermarket, 50 parks & greens, and 4 restaurants & cafés, along with 4 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Dromara 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

5°CMist

Today: 12° / 4° · 91% rain
Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 08:10Sunset 18:06

9h 56m 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 · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

Food hygiene

17 food businesses within 2 miles

16 rated 4–5 ★ (14 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 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 150 kW
Nearest: HRL Dromara (1.2 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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

10,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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:

Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth103 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately89 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills66 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
Review discharge of mental health patients61 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
Add fish-eating birds to Schedule 2.1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 198152 local signatures · 15,736 nationwide

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

Notable places nearby

Dromara · 1.5 km
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Legananny · 2.8 km
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West Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 3.0 km
West Down was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Kinallen · 3.9 km
Kinallen is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is four miles from Dromore and two miles from Dromara.
Slieve Croob · 4.1 km
Slieve Croob is a mountain with a height of 534 metres (1,752 ft) in the middle of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is the heart of a mountainous area, the Dromara Hills, north of the Mourne Mountains. It is designat…
Legananny Dolmen · 4.9 km
The Legananny Dolmen is a megalithic dolmen or cromlech nine miles southeast of Banbridge and three miles north of Castlewellan, both in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the slopes of Slieve Croob near the vill…