Boom Hall
Boom Hall is a town or village in Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, with 10 schools, 2 supermarkets, 5 parks and greens, and 5 restaurants and cafés, one bus stop, and Derry~Londonderry railway station 2.7 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Boom Hall area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Derry City and Strabane
- County
- Derry City and Strabane
Weather
4°COvercast
- Today: 9° / 3° · 86% rain
- Tomorrow: 12° / 3° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:14Sunset 18:12
9h 57m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
26US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Buncranna, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Food hygiene
500+ food businesses within 2 miles
- 427 rated 4–5 ★ (347 top)
- 3 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
EV charging
20 charging locations within ~8 km
- 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: Catalyst (1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Council control
No overall control
- SF 18
- DUP 5
- UUP 3
- SDLP 8
- Oth 6
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
6,935 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£20,375 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.4
- Feeling worthwhile7.8
- Happiness yesterday7.3
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Foyle:
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth154 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Mandatory 15-year minimum sentence for all child sexual offences67 local signatures · 11,590 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases63 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after60 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately50 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Foyle Bridge · 0.5 kmThe Foyle Bridge is a bridge in Derry, Northern Ireland. The central span of the bridge is the longest on the island of Ireland, at 234 metres (767 ft), and the whole suspended bridge structure including the approach…
- Boom Hall · 0.5 km
Boom Hall is a house and demesne in Derry, Northern Ireland. Lying close to the west bank of the River Foyle, a fort was constructed on the site during the English Civil War. During the Williamite War in Ireland a boo…
A515 road (Northern Ireland) · 0.8 kmThe A515 Skeoge Link is a road in Northern Ireland which was designed to complete the route between Foyle Bridge in County Londonderry and County Donegal. It is part of a larger project to link County Donegal with Bel…
- Derry Journal · 1.3 km
The Derry Journal is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland, serving Derry as well as County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. It is operated by Media Concierge. The paper is published on Tuesday and Friday an…
- Derry Journal Newspapers · 1.3 km
Derry Journal Newspapers is owned by National World. Derry Journal Newspapers owns 4 local newspapers in Northern Ireland. The 4 titles are the Derry Journal, the Sunday Journal, City News and Foyle News. The compa…
Gransha Hospital · 1.3 kmGransha Hospital was a health facility in Clooney Road, Derry, Northern Ireland. The site is managed by Western Health and Social Care Trust.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)