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
11°CPartly Cloudy
- Today: 16° / 8° · 60% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 8° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:43Sunset 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
236 food businesses within 2 miles
- 204 rated 4–5 ★ (184 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: 155.7p · Asda (8.1 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · 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:
- AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67
- AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65
- NoDraft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026
- NoDraft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
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
10,760 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
24 jobs advertised · £29,328 avg
e.g. Care Assistant, Online German Tutoring Job in Lurgan – Flexible Schedule, Online Personal trainers Tutoring Job in Lurgan – 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 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
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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