Mourne Beg
Mourne Beg is a settlement in Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 1,000. It has 1 school. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Mourne Beg area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Derry City and Strabane
- County
- Derry City and Strabane
Weather
9°CLight rain shower
- Today: 10° / 7° · 76% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 6° · Light drizzle
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:19Sunset 17:09
9h 50m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
37US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Food hygiene
9 food businesses within 2 miles
- 8 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
EV charging
2 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 22 kW
- Nearest: Albert Street Cap Park (3.8 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
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
Killen, County Tyrone · 1.0 kmKillen is a small village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is several miles southwest of Castlederg, on the road leading south over Scraghy Mountain. A short distance to the west lies County Donegal…
Dergview F.C. · 3.1 kmDergview Football Club is an intermediate-level, Northern Irish football playing in the NCL Premier.
- Castlederg St Eugene's GAC · 3.4 km
Castlederg St Eugene's is a Gaelic Athletic Association club. The club is based in Castlederg in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Derg Castle · 3.5 kmDerg Castle, also called Castlederg Castle, is a post-medieval ruined fortification, situated on the north bank of the River Derg, within the town of Castlederg, in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It has given the to…
Killeter · 3.5 kmKilleter is a small village and townland near Castlederg in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the 2021 census it had a population of 93.
Garvetagh · 3.6 kmGarvetagh is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, near Castlederg. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 69 people. It lies within the Strabane District Council area.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)