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
11°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 16° / 8° · 46% rain
- Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:47Sunset 20:06
13h 20m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
10US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)
Source: WAQI · Derry Rosemount, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
500+ food businesses within 2 miles
- 429 rated 4–5 ★ (349 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
19 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
6,925 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
4.1% 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:
- Automatically remove parental responsibility for parents convicted of abuse1,075 local signatures · 18,434 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s266 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership162 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test158 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth154 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
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)