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Rostrevor

Rostrevor is a village in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 2,515. It has 5 bus stops, two schools, two supermarkets, seven parks & greens, and around six restaurants and cafés. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Rostrevor 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

10°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 14° / 7° · 40% rain
  • Tomorrow: 13° / 8° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 20:01

13h 17m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Newry Canal Street, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

39 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 36 rated 4–5 ★ (33 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

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Havelock Place, Warrenpoint (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Chris Hazzard

Sinn Féin

South Down

Source: UK Parliament

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)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

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 South Down:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Rostrevor · 0.1 km

    Rostrevor is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the foot of Slieve Martin on the coast of Carlingford Lough, near Warrenpoint. The Kilbroney River flows through the village and Rostrev…

  • Cloughmore · 0.6 km

    Cloughmore or Cloghmore, known locally as "The Big Stone", is a huge granite boulder perched on a mountainside almost 1,000 feet (300 m) above the village of Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits on the sl…

  • St Mary's High School, Newry · 0.6 km

    St. Mary's High School is located in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the Education Authority (Southern) area.

  • Kilbroney Park · 0.7 km

    Kilbroney Park is a park near Rostrevor in Northern Ireland. Formerly a country estate, it was visited by William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Dickens and Seamus Heaney and may have been the inspiration for Narnia in…

  • St Bronaghʼs GAA · 0.7 km

    St Bronagh's GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland. The club is sometimes referred to as Rostrevor GAA. The club serves as the local hub for Gaelic games in the ar…

  • Rostrevor Forest · 1.0 km

    Rostrevor Forest is located near the village of Rostrevor, County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies between the Mourne Mountains and Carlingford Lough, in the Mourne Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The first trees,…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Rostrevor?
Rostrevor is a town in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland, in the Newry, Mourne and Down local authority.
What is the population of Rostrevor?
Rostrevor has an approximate settlement population of 2,515.