Meigh
Meigh is a town or village in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland. It has around 1 schools, 1 pharmacies, 25 parks & greens and 2 restaurants & cafés, with 3 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Meigh area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- County
- Newry, Mourne and Down
Weather
12°CLight rain
- Today: 13° / 5° · 91% rain
- Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:11Sunset 18:08
9h 57m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
25US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
Food hygiene
29 food businesses within 2 miles
- 26 rated 4–5 ★ (24 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)
EV charging
13 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 100 kW
- Nearest: Killeavy Castle Estate (1.7 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
10,830 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
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 Newry and Armagh:
- Review discharge of mental health patients112 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth90 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately82 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills70 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Amend standards for PIP to clearly include type 1 diabetics70 local signatures · 17,663 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Meigh · 0.0 kmMeigh is a small village and townland near Slieve Gullion in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 444 people in the 2001 Census. It lies within the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area.
Adavoyle railway station · 1.1 kmAdavoyle was a station in the rural townland of Adavoyle, near Dromintee, in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
- Camlough Fault · 1.2 km
Camlough Fault is a NNW–SSE–trending dextral (right-lateral) strike-slip fault in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It forms part of a broader network of Cenozoic faults across the province. Aeromagnetic and gravity su…
Killeavy Castle · 1.9 kmKilleavy Castle is a Grade A listed 19th-century castle in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was built for the Foxall family between 1810 and 1820 and was later designed to resemble Gosford Castle in Markethill, als…
Newtowncloghoge · 2.2 kmNewtowncloghoge is a small village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 357 people. It lies within the Newry and Mourne District Council area, west of the A1 road.
Killean, County Armagh · 3.1 kmKillean or Killeen is a small village and townland in the civil parish of Killevy, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies about four miles (6.5 km) south of Newry, near the border with County Louth in the Republic o…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)