Strangford

13°COvercast

• Today: 16° / 11° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:58

13h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · North Down Holywood A2, United Kingdom

44 food businesses within 2 miles

• 41 rated 4–5 ★ (36 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)

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Quayside Parking (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party

Strangford

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)

2.6% 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 Strangford:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership261 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s259 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings174 local signatures · 11,744 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office172 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test153 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Strangford · 0.3 km

  Strangford is a small village at the mouth of Strangford Lough, on the Lecale peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 475 at the 2001 census.

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  SeaGen · 0.7 km

  SeaGen was the world's first large scale commercial tidal stream generator. It was four times more powerful than any other tidal stream generator in the world at the time of installation in 2008. It was decommissioned…

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  Portaferry Marina · 1.1 km

  Portaferry Marina is situated in Portaferry, on the east shore of The Narrows, the gateway to Strangford Lough, County Down, Northern Ireland. It is owned and managed by Portaferry Regeneration, is sited 100 metres so…

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  Portaferry Castle · 1.3 km

  Portaferry Castle is a small tower house in Portaferry, County Down, Northern Ireland, overlooking the harbour. It was built in the 16th century by William Le Savage. Portaferry Castle tower house is a State Care Hist…

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  Portaferry Lifeboat Station · 1.4 km

  Portaferry Lifeboat Station is located directly opposite the slipway for the Portaferry–Strangford ferry on The Strand, in Portaferry, a town located at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, at the entrance to Stran…

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  Portaferry · 1.4 km

  Portaferry is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula, near the Narrows at the entrance to Strangford Lough. It is home to the Exploris aquarium and is well known for the…

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