Approximate Population: 27,430

* The Newry Canal opened in 1742, and was the first major commercial canal in the British Isles. It ran for 18 miles to Lough Neagh.   In 1777, Newry was ranked the fourth largest port in Ireland.   Some surviving 18th and 19th century warehouses still line the canal, and now many houses, shops and restaurants.
* MacNeill’s Egyptian Arch is a railway bridge located near Newry. It was selected for the design of the British One Pound coin to represent Northern Ireland for 2006.
* Newry is served by an Ulsterbus bus station, located in the city centre, that offers local, regional and cross-border services.
* A Northern Ireland Railways station, just off the Camlough road, offers cross border services on the Dublin-Belfast line. Planning permission for the construction of a new station, to the east of the current station, was granted in May 2006.
* Newry is on the main M1/A1 route from Dublin to Belfast.   The road is of high-grade dual carriageway/motorway standard on the Southern side, and single-carriageway/dual-carriageway/motorway on the Northern side. The remainder of the A1 on the Northern side is expected to be upgraded to dual-carriageway standard in 2012.

Surveyor Valuer Newry Northern Ireland

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