The Birches

8°CModerate rain

• Today: 14° / 6° · 89% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 08:12Sunset 18:08

9h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Marino, Dublin 3, Ireland

17 food businesses within 2 miles

• 17 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

• Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (9.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.7p · Asda (9.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Peatland Park Dungannon (4.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

No overall control

• SF 15
• DUP 13
• Alli 4
• UUP 5
• SDLP 1
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

10,980 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

• 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

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

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  Tartaraghan · 0.6 km

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  Bannfoot · 2.8 km

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  Annaghmore railway station · 3.4 km

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  Maghery · 3.4 km

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  River Blackwater (Northern Ireland) · 3.6 km

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