Armagh
Armagh is a town in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 14,801. It has 11 schools, 4 GP surgeries, 6 pharmacies, 7 supermarkets, 10 parks and greens, and around 46 restaurants and cafés, along with 9 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Armagh area — all from official UK open data.
Weather
11°COvercast
- Today: 15° / 7° · 30% rain
- Tomorrow: 17° / 10° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:47Sunset 20:00
13h 14m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
26US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Armagh Lonsdale Road, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
184 food businesses within 2 miles
- 153 rated 4–5 ★ (132 top)
- 3 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
EV charging
11 charging locations within ~8 km
- 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: Bunzl Mclaughlin (0.3 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Council control
No overall control
- SF 15
- DUP 13
- Alli 4
- UUP 5
- SDLP 1
- Oth 3
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
10,760 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
150 jobs advertised · £34,465 avg
e.g. Customer Service - Vodafone Ireland, Support Workers, Online Russian Tutoring Job in Armagh – Flexible Schedule
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£22,033 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.8
- Feeling worthwhile8.1
- Happiness yesterday7.7
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Newry and Armagh:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s291 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership156 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test131 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Review discharge of mental health patients112 local signatures · 14,552 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth90 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
- St Catherine's College, Armagh · 0.2 km
Saint Catherine's College Armagh is an all level Catholic school in Armagh, Northern Ireland. It caters for the 11-18 age group and is associated with the international group of schools served by the Society of the Sa…
- St Brigid's High School · 0.4 km
St. Brigid's High School was a secondary school located on the edge of Armagh City, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The school was founded in 1971 and closed in 2015. It was the only Catholic maintained boys' non-gra…
St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Roman Catholic) · 0.5 kmSt. Patrick's Cathedral in Armagh, Northern Ireland is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland. It was built in various phases between 1840 and 1904 to serve as the Roman Catholic cathedr…
- Armagh Robinson Library · 0.6 km
The Armagh Robinson Library, formerly the Armagh Public Library, is a public library in the city of Armagh in Northern Ireland.
Mullacreevie ambush · 0.7 kmThe Mullacreevie ambush took place on 1 March 1991, when a mobile patrol of the Ulster Defence Regiment composed of two Land Rover vehicles was attacked with an improvised horizontal mortar by a Provisional IRA active…
St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland) · 0.7 kmSt Patrick's Cathedral is a Church of Ireland cathedral in Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is the seat of the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh and Diocese of Armagh. The origins of the site are as a 5th-century Irish stone…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Compare Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon with nearby areas
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Armagh?
- Armagh is a town in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland, in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon local authority.
- What is the population of Armagh?
- Armagh has an approximate settlement population of 14,801.