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

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

11°COvercast

Today: 15° / 7° · 30% rain
Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 19:59

13h 13m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland

Food hygiene

28 food businesses within 2 miles

25 rated 4–5 ★ (23 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)

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

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 Newry and Armagh:

Do not ban social media for under 16s291 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership156 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test131 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Review discharge of mental health patients112 local signatures · 14,552 nationwide
Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth90 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

Meigh · 0.0 km
Meigh 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 km
Adavoyle 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 km
Killeavy 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 km
Newtowncloghoge 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 km
Killean 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…