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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
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

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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

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:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Seaforde · 0.9 km

    Seaforde 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 km

    Clough 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 km

    Mount 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)