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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.

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

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

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

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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

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:

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

Notable places nearby

  • North Armagh (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 0.5 km

    North Armagh was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

  • Lurgan Town Hall · 0.7 km

    Lurgan 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 km

    Mourneview 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 km

    The 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 km

    Lurgan 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 km

    Pollock 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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