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

8°COvercast

Today: 14° / 7° · 88% rain
Tomorrow: 11° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 08:06Sunset 18:07

10h 1m 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

29 food businesses within 2 miles

28 rated 4–5 ★ (28 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)

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

10,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Document Services Team Lead

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:

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

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.