New Buildings

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 9° / 6° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 15° / 5° · Light drizzle

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:19Sunset 17:07

9h 49m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

36US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Buncranna, Co. Donegal, Ireland

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 22 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: The Everglades Hotel (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Colum Eastwood

Social Democratic & Labour Party

Foyle

Source: UK Parliament

No overall control

• SF 18
• DUP 5
• UUP 3
• SDLP 8
• Oth 6

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

6,935 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

12 jobs advertised · £36,677 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Shift Engineer, Setting Out Surveyor

Source: Adzuna

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Foyle:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth154 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Mandatory 15-year minimum sentence for all child sexual offences67 local signatures · 11,590 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases63 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after60 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately50 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• New Buildings railway station · 0.1 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…

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  Newbuildings · 0.3 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…

• Prehen · 2.2 km

  Prehen is a small townland and estate outside the city of Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The estate is located in the Prehen and Brickkilns townland. Roads in the Prehen area consist of Victoria road, Pr…

• Nixon's Corner · 2.4 km

  Nixon's Corner is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 201 people. It is situated within Derry and Strabane district.

• Desertone Halt railway station · 3.0 km

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

• Bready Cricket Club Ground · 3.0 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…

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