Derrymacash
Derrymacash is a town or village in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland, with 1 school, 1 park and green, and 1 restaurant and café, with the nearest railway station being Lurgan, 4.2 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Derrymacash area — all from official UK open data.
Weather
14°CSunny
- Today: 16° / 10° · 41% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 9° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:44Sunset 20:02
13h 18m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
15US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
23 food businesses within 2 miles
- 19 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 155.7p · Asda (6.2 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (6.2 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
20 charging locations within ~8 km
- 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: Lough Neagh Discovery Centre (2.3 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)
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 Upper Bann:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s356 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership251 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office142 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test125 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth110 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
- Derrymacash · 0.2 km
Derrymacash is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is about four miles west of Lurgan, between the M1 motorway and Lough Neagh. It had a population of 629 in the 2001 census.
Aghacommon · 1.6 kmAghacommon is a small village and townland in north County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies between Derrymacash, Lurgan and Craigavon. The M1 motorway and Dublin–Belfast railway line are on either side. The village c…
Craigavon Borough Council · 1.9 kmCraigavon Borough Council was a local council in counties Armagh, Down and Antrim, in Northern Ireland. It merged with Armagh City and District Council and Banbridge District Council in May 2015 under local government…
- Oxford Island · 2.1 km
Oxford Island is a National Nature Reserve and public recreation site on the southern shores of Lough Neagh at Lurgan, County Armagh. The site covers 282 acres and is owned and maintained by Armagh City, Banbridge a…
- Derryadd · 2.1 km
Derryadd is a hamlet and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is within the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area, on the southern shores of Lough Neagh. In the 2001 Census it had a p…
- Selshion · 2.1 km
Selshion is a townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is within the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council area, on the western edge of the town of Portadown.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)