Greencastle

Greencastle is a village in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland. It has no listed local facilities or bus stops. No nearest railway station is provided. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Greencastle 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°CLight rain

Today: 12° / 5° · 91% rain
Tomorrow: 8° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 08:09Sunset 18:07

9h 58m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland

Food hygiene

3 food businesses within 2 miles

3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 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

3 charging locations within ~8 km

Fastest nearby: 22 kW
Nearest: Chestnutt Holiday Park (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

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

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Haulbowline Lighthouse · 2.7 km
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RAF Greencastle · 2.8 km
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Aghyoghill · 3.4 km
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