Gortnessy
Gortnessy is a settlement in Northern Ireland, within the county of Derry City and Strabane. It has one park or green space and one restaurant or café, with one bus stop and Derry~Londonderry railway station 6.2 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Gortnessy area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Derry City and Strabane
- County
- Derry City and Strabane
Weather
12°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 15° / 10° · 73% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:46Sunset 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
10 food businesses within 2 miles
- 9 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
EV charging
18 charging locations within ~8 km
- 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 150 kW
- Nearest: Crescent Link Retail Park (4 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 West Tyrone:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s273 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership129 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test115 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Set a maximum 6‑month diagnosis target for endometriosis102 local signatures · 3,830 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth82 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
- Lettershandoney · 0.4 km
Lettershandoney or Lettershendony is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, six miles to the southeast of Derry and three miles east of Drumahoe. In the 2001 census it had a population o…
- Tamnaherin · 0.9 km
Tamnaherin is a townland and small housing estate in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 census it had a population of 123 people. It is situated within Derry and Strabane district.
Drumahoe · 3.7 kmDrumahoe is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies to the east of Derry. It was home to Institute F.C., an NIFL Championship football club. The busy A6 road from Belfast to Derry passe…
- Riverside Stadium, Drumahoe · 4.0 km
Riverside Stadium, formerly the YMCA Grounds, was a football stadium in Drumahoe, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is the former home ground of Institute F.C. of the NIFL Championship. The stadium held 3,000 p…
- Crescent Link Retail Park · 4.0 km
Crescent Link Retail Park is a retail park located in the East side of Derry, Northern Ireland. It is located on the east side of the A514, which itself is named Crescent Link and the name given to the retail park. T…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)