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Magheramason

Magheramason is a village in Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 393. There are around 3 parks & greens, 4 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Derry~Londonderry, 7.3 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Magheramason area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Derry City and Strabane
County
Derry City and Strabane
Northern Ireland isn’t covered by some Great Britain data sources, so street crime, energy ratings, NHS services, schools, council tax, care ratings, rents, affordability, life expectancy and neighbourhood deprivation aren’t shown here. House prices, weather, air quality, food hygiene, fuel, your MP, council control, petitions and notable places do apply.

Weather

12°COvercast

  • Today: 15° / 10° · 73% rain
  • Tomorrow: 16° / 8° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:47Sunset 20:06

13h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Derry Rosemount, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

11 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 11 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Buses & trains

  • 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

House-price data isn’t available for this area.

EV charging

10 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: The Everglades Hotel (5.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Your MP

Órfhlaith Begley

Sinn Féin

West Tyrone

Source: UK Parliament

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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

Local businesses

6,925 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

1 jobs advertised · £29,328 avg

e.g. Support Worker

Source: Adzuna

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:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Bready Cricket Club Ground · 0.4 km

    Bready Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in the village of Magheramason, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The ground is owned by the Bready Cricket Club. The ground became Ireland's fourth venue for internationa…

  • Desertone Halt railway station · 2.1 km

    Desertone Halt railway station served Disertowen and Magheramason, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

  • Carrigans railway station · 2.4 km

    Carrigans railway station served Carrigans, County Donegal, in Ireland.

  • Newbuildings · 2.5 km

    Newbuildings or New Buildings is a large village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies close to the banks of the River Foyle and 3 mi (5 km) south of the city of Derry. It had a population of 2,837 in the 2…

  • New Buildings railway station · 2.7 km

    New Buildings railway station served Newbuildings, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. New Buildings railway was very popular with local people, especially for excursions such as Sunday school outings, and trips t…

  • Derry City and Strabane · 3.1 km

    Derry City and Strabane is a local government district that was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the City of Derry District and Strabane District. It covers most of the northwest of Northern Ireland. The local autho…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Magheramason?
Magheramason is a town in Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, in the Derry City and Strabane local authority.
What is the population of Magheramason?
Magheramason has an approximate settlement population of 393.