Raholp

7°COvercast

• Today: 14° / 7° · 88% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:06Sunset 18:07

10h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

4 food businesses within 2 miles

• 4 rated 4–5 ★ (4 top)
• 0 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: 180 kW
• Nearest: Downshire Hospital (Staff Car Park 2) (4.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party

Strangford

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)

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 Strangford:

• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings185 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth131 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately126 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases122 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills112 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Lough Money · 1.6 km

  Lough Money is a lake in County Down, about three miles from the town of Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. A rainbow trout fishery is maintained there for anglers.

• Gores Island · 2.4 km

  Gores Island, also known as Gore's Island, is an island in Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is connected to nearby Castle Island, and thence to the mainland, by a narrow roadway (doran) that is pass…

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  Saul, County Down · 2.5 km

  Saul is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, within the civil parish of Saul and Ballee.

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  Ballyalton Court Cairn · 2.7 km

  Ballyalton Court Cairn is a single court grave situated on a rock outcrop by the roadside 0.5 miles from Ballyalton village, which is 2.25 miles east of Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, at grid ref 531 448.…

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  Saul Monastery · 2.9 km

  Saul Monastery is a former Christian monastery located in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is traditionally associated with the 5th-century Saint Patrick, who is said to have founded it shortly after arriving in Irel…

• Castleward Forest · 3.1 km

  Castleward Forest is a woodland located beside Castle Ward near Strangford, Northern Ireland. It consists of coniferous and deciduous trees. The forest is managed by the National Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)