Seaforde
Seaforde is a town or village in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 1,300. It has 1 supermarket, 13 parks and greens, and 1 restaurant or café. There are 5 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is King Magnus' Halt, 7.3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Seaforde area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- County
- Newry, Mourne and Down
Weather
13°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 13° / 7° · 44% rain
- Tomorrow: 13° / 8° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:42Sunset 19:59
13h 18m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
20US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Lisburn Dunmurry Seymour Hill, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
15 food businesses within 2 miles
- 14 rated 4–5 ★ (13 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: 11 kW
- Nearest: French's Cafe & Bistro (1.9 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
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 South Down:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s266 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership188 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test113 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Reduce Vehicle Excise Duty by 50% for vehicles aged 20 to 39 years112 local signatures · 54,314 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth103 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Seaforde · 0.9 kmSeaforde is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Naghan, one mile (1.6 km) north of Clough on the main Ballynahinch to Newcastle road. It is part of the Newry, Mourne and Down…
- Clough Castle · 1.6 km
Clough Castle is a 12th century Anglo-Norman motte-and-bailey castle located in Clough, County Down, Northern Ireland. It consists of a ruined tower house situated on a 7.6 metres (25 ft) high motte. A small crescent-…
Clough · 2.0 kmClough is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. The village, which is situated within the Newry, Mourne and Down area, had a population of 313 people as of the 2021 census.
- Ardilea · 2.8 km
Ardilea is a rural townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has an area of approximately 299 acres (1.2 km2). It is situated in the civil parish of Loughinisland and the historic barony of Kinelarty, located 1.7…
- Ballykinlar Halt railway station · 2.9 km
Ballykinlar Halt railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland.
Mount Panther · 3.3 kmMount Panther is an historic country house located between Dundrum and Clough in Northern Ireland. The house dates from the 1700s and has been derelict for some years. In 2009 it was offered for sale for £5M along wit…
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