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Darkley

Darkley is a town or village in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland. It features 1 school and 1 park or green space. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Darkley area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
County
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
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

9°CClear

  • Today: 13° / 5° · 90% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 08:12Sunset 18:09

9h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Monaghan Town, Ireland

Food hygiene

5 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 4 rated 4–5 ★ (4 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

10,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Darkley · 0.7 km

    Darkley is a small village and townland near Keady in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 224 people in the 2011 Census.

  • Darkley killings · 0.7 km

    The Darkley killings or Darkley massacre was a gun attack carried out on 20 November 1983 near the village of Darkley in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Three gunmen attacked worshippers attending a church service at…

  • Clea Lake · 2.9 km

    Clea Lake or Lough Clea is situated just outside Keady in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It provides water for the Keady area and is a popular fishing location in south Armagh.

  • Keady · 3.8 km

    Keady is a small historic market town and civil parish in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is south of Armagh and near the border with the Republic of Ireland. It is situated mainly in the historic barony of Armagh…

  • Keady Viaduct · 4.0 km

    The Keady Viaduct is a railway viaduct near Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

  • Granemore GFC · 4.3 km

    St Mary's Gaelic Football Club, Granemore, also known as Granemore GFC, is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located near the townland of Granemore, approximately seven miles south of Armagh in County Armagh, Norther…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Nearby towns

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