Killough

Killough is a village in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland. It features one school, seven parks and greens, around two restaurants and cafés, and seven bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Killough 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

14°CCloudy

Today: 15° / 9° · 29% rain
Tomorrow: 15° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:56

13h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

30 food businesses within 2 miles

29 rated 4–5 ★ (29 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)

Your MP

Chris Hazzard

Sinn Féin

South Down

Source: UK Parliament

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

10,705 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 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

Killough · 0.6 km
Killough is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the Irish Sea shore near Ardglass, five miles southeast of Downpatrick. It is a conservation area known for its sycamore-lined main stree…
Kilbride, County Down · 0.8 km
Kilbride is a townland located south of Downpatrick in County Down, Northern Ireland. It covers approximately 1.4 km2. The townland lies within the civil parish of Bright and the historic barony of Lecale Upper.
Killough railway station · 0.9 km
Killough railway station was on the Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway, which ran from Downpatrick to Ardglass in Northern Ireland.
Coney Island, County Down · 1.2 km
Coney Island is a small seaside hamlet and townland of 48 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland, between the villages of Ardglass and Killough. It is situated in the civil parish of Ardglass and the historic barony o…
Tullycarnan · 1.4 km
Tullycarnan is a townland of 154 acres in County Down, Northern Ireland. To the west of Ardglass village, it is in the civil parish of Ardglass and the historic barony of Lecale Lower.
Ballycam · 1.4 km
Ballycam is a townland, south of Downpatrick in County Down, Northern Ireland. The townland is approximately 1.2 km2 in area. It is situated in the civil parish of Bright and the historic barony of Lecale Upper.