Kilcoo
Kilcoo is a settlement in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Kilcoo area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- County
- Newry, Mourne and Down
Weather
11°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 14° / 7° · 45% rain
- Tomorrow: 13° / 8° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:43Sunset 20:00
13h 17m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
15US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
5 food businesses within 2 miles
- 4 rated 4–5 ★ (4 top)
- 1 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: 22 kW
- Nearest: Main Street (7.2 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
Local businesses
10,705 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
1 jobs advertised
e.g. Babysitter wanted in Kilcoo - babysitting Kilcoo
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 South Down:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s266 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership188 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test113 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Reduce Vehicle Excise Duty by 50% for vehicles aged 20 to 39 years112 local signatures · 54,314 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth103 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Kilcoo · 1.7 kmKilcoo is a small village and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies between Rathfriland and Castlewellan and is within the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area. The village is on the A25 Dubli…
Kilcoo GAC · 2.2 kmKilcoo Owen Roes is a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Kilcoo, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Cabra, County Down · 2.4 kmCabra is a large townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is in the parish of Clonduff and is situated approximately two miles from Hilltown, Rathfriland and Kilcoo. Cabra has a tradition of farming, with the thr…
- Lough Island Reavy · 2.8 km
Lough Island Reavy is a small man-made lough in Kilcoo, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a fishing spot, which was controlled by the Kilcoo Angling Club. The lake contains pike and perch, as well as small numbers…
- Ardaghy · 3.6 km
Ardaghy is a rural townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has an area of 372.6 acres (1.51 km2). It is situated in the civil parish of Kilcoo and the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half, located 3.5 mil…
Slieve Meelmore · 3.6 kmSlieve Meelmore is one of the Mourne Mountains in County Down, Northern Ireland. It rises to 680 m (2230 ft) and is the seventh-highest of the Mournes. To its south is Slieve Meelbeg and to its east is Slieve Bearnagh…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)