Saintfield

12°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 8° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 20:00

13h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Belfast Centre, United Kingdom

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 2026-06

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)

10,705 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised · £15,600 avg

e.g. AVON Representatives wanted in Saintfield, County Down, Northern Ireland – start today, Care Assistant

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 a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership327 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s284 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Fund NHS access to Omaveloxolone for patients with Friedreich's Ataxia181 local signatures · 7,373 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test126 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership99 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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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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