Strangford

8°COvercast

• Today: 13° / 7° · 88% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:08Sunset 18:04

9h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

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 2026-07

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)

10,830 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised

e.g. Cleaner

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 Strangford:

• Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings185 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth131 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately126 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases122 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills112 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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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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