Mount Hamilton
Mount Hamilton is a settlement in Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 1,000. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Mount Hamilton area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Derry City and Strabane
- County
- Derry City and Strabane
Weather
6°CLight rain shower
- Today: 10° / 4° · 92% rain
- Tomorrow: 7° / 4° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 08:15Sunset 18:09
9h 54m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
19US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Monaghan Town, Ireland
Food hygiene
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
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 West Tyrone:
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth82 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Urgently review & adjust steel import quota & tariff changes - effective 01/0781 local signatures · 10,279 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately74 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
- Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings64 local signatures · 11,850 nationwide
- Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after56 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Sawel Mountain · 3.9 kmSawel Mountain is the highest peak in the Sperrin Mountains, and the 8th highest in Northern Ireland. It is also the highest mountain in Northern Ireland outside of the Mourne Mountain range located in County Down.
Cranagh · 4.3 kmCranagh is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is in the Glenelly Valley, about seven miles from Plumbridge. As of the 2001 census, it had a population of 60 people. It is within the Strabane Distri…
- Dart Mountain · 4.3 km
Dart Mountain, on the boundary between County Londonderry and County Tyrone, is the second highest peak in the Sperrin Mountains in Northern Ireland. The summit is 619 metres high. It is the 3511th highest peak in t…
Glenelly Valley · 4.5 kmGlenelly Valley or simply Glenelly, is the longest valley in the Sperrin Mountains in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies within the Sperrin Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and is also in an Environment…
River Moyola · 4.6 kmThe River Moyola or Moyola River stretches for approximately 27 miles from the Sperrin Mountains to Lough Neagh. The Moyola starts a small river for the first few miles of its length and proceeds to expand to a medium…
Sperrins · 4.6 kmThe Sperrins or Sperrin Mountains are a mountain range in Northern Ireland. The range stretches from Strabane and Mullaghcarn in the west, to Slieve Gallion and the Glenshane Pass in the east, in the counties of Tyron…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)