Lurgan
Lurgan is a town or village in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland. It has around 8 schools, 3 supermarkets, 3 parks and greens, and 5 restaurants or cafés, with 3 bus stops and 1.5 km to Lurgan railway station. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Lurgan area — all from official UK open data.
Weather
4°COvercast
- Today: 13° / 3° · 91% rain
- Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:09Sunset 18:09
10h 0m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
20US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland
Food hygiene
232 food businesses within 2 miles
- 208 rated 4–5 ★ (187 top)
- 2 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (8.1 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (8.1 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
16 charging locations within ~8 km
- 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: Lidl (0.9 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Your MP
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party
Upper Bann
Recent votes:
- NoWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process
- NoDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
- NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading
Source: UK Parliament
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
10,980 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
6 jobs advertised · £30,264 avg
e.g. Highways Maintenance Operative, Care Assistant - Weekend, Babysitter wanted in Lurgan - babysitting Lurgan
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 Upper Bann:
- Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after121 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth110 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills109 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
- Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings102 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately97 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
North Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 0.5 kmNorth Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Lurgan Town Hall · 0.7 kmLurgan Town Hall is a municipal structure in Union Street, Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The structure, which is primarily used as a community, arts and resource centre, is a Grade B1 listed building.
Mourneview Park · 0.9 kmMourneview Park is a football stadium in Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and is the home ground of NIFL Premiership club Glenavon. The stadium holds 4,160 and was originally built in 1895. The 2008–09 Irish L…
Lurgan Hospital · 1.0 kmThe Lurgan Hospital is a health facility in Sloan Street, Lurgan, Northern Ireland. It is managed by the Southern Health and Social Care Trust.
Lurgan · 1.1 kmLurgan is a town in the north of County Armagh, Northern Ireland, near the shore of Lough Neagh. It is about 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Belfast, and is linked to the Belfast–Dublin railway line and M1 motorway. Lur…
Pollock Park · 1.2 kmPollock Park is a cricket ground in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. In 1999, the ground hosted a first-class match between Ireland and the touring South Africa Academy team, with the match ending in a draw. In 2005, the gro…
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