Maghera

16°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 16° / 8° · 44% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:42Sunset 20:00

13h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

1US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: sulphur dioxide

Source: WAQI · Lisburn Dunmurry Seymour Hill, United Kingdom

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 2026-06

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)

10,705 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

17 jobs advertised · £38,296 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Become a Biology Tutor in Maghera – Flexible & Remote, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time

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:

• 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

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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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