Maghera

10°CLight rain shower

• Today: 10° / 7° · 69% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 17:03

9h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

27US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

76 food businesses within 2 miles

• 70 rated 4–5 ★ (60 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£220,572 average▲ 12.8% YoY

Across Newry, Mourne and Down · to 2026-07

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 100 kW
• Nearest: Circle K (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Chris Hazzard

Sinn Féin

South Down

Source: UK Parliament

No overall control

• SF 20
• DUP 5
• Alli 4
• UUP 1
• SDLP 8
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

10,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

22 jobs advertised · £45,356 avg

e.g. Payroll Administrator, End User Technology Lead, Commercial Accountant

Source: Adzuna

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

• 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

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

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  Maghera, County Down · 0.0 km

  Maghera is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half.

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  Ballybannan · 1.8 km

  Ballybannon is a small townland on the outskirts of the village of Annsborough in County Down, Northern Ireland. Ballybannon townland, which is approximately 562 acres (2.27 km2) in area, lies within the civil parish…

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  Dundrum Castle · 2.4 km

  Dundrum Castle, a ruin standing over the town of Dundrum, County Down, Northern Ireland. It was constructed by John de Courcy, sometime near the beginning of the 13th century, following his invasion of Ulster. The cas…

• Bryansford GAC · 2.7 km

  Bryansford GAC is a Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1926, their most notable period was in 1970, when they won the Ulster Senior Club Football C…

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  Castlewellan railway station · 2.7 km

  Castlewellan railway station was on the Great Northern Railway (Ireland). It was located in the village of Castlewellan.

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  2007 Walker Cup · 2.8 km

  The 41st Walker Cup Match was played on 8 and 9 September 2007 at the Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland. Team United States won 12½ to 11½. The United States won by the same score…

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