Saintfield

9°CPartly cloudy

• Today: 9° / 3° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 4° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:07Sunset 18:07

10h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

24 food businesses within 2 miles

• 22 rated 4–5 ★ (19 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)

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 100 kW
• Nearest: Hinch Distillery (4.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Claire Hanna

Social Democratic & Labour Party

Belfast South and Mid 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)

10,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

7 jobs advertised · £15,600 avg

e.g. Senior In-House Lawyer - AI & Data Privacy, Data Protection Lawyer, End User Computing Lead

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 Belfast South and Mid Down:

• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after110 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately96 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills94 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Reform regulation through the GMC to put patient safety and fairness first93 local signatures · 14,694 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth82 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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  Saintfield · 0.1 km

  Saintfield is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is located in a civil parish of the same name about halfway between Belfast and Downpatrick on the A7 road. It had a population of 3,588 in the 2021 census,…

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  Saintfield railway station · 0.3 km

  Saintfield railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland.

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  Rowallane Garden · 1.5 km

  Rowallane Garden is a National Trust property located immediately south of Saintfield, County Down, Northern Ireland, on the A7 road. It is particularly noted for its extensive collection of azaleas and rhododendrons.…

• Shepherd's Bridge Halt railway station · 2.8 km

  Shepherd's Bridge Halt was a basic halt on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast Queens Quay station to Newcastle railway station in Northern Ireland. It is about 13.7 miles from Queens Quay station

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  Ravara · 3.5 km

  Ravara is a rural townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has an area of 1242.98 acres (5.03 km2). It is situated in the civil parish of Killinchy and the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower, located just south…

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  Ballynahinch Junction railway station · 3.8 km

  Ballynahinch Junction railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle in Northern Ireland. The railway split off from the main line here onto the Ballynahinch Branch.

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