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New Buildings

New Buildings is a town in Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 3,381. It has two schools, one pharmacy, one supermarket, and around 4 restaurants and cafés, with one bus stop and Derry~Londonderry railway station 4.6 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the New Buildings 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

11°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 16° / 8° · 46% rain
  • Tomorrow: 17° / 11° · 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

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Derry Rosemount, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

22 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 22 rated 4–5 ★ (19 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

17 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

Your MP

Colum Eastwood

Social Democratic & Labour Party

Foyle

Recent votes:

  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading
  • NoRepresentation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
  • AyeDraft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026

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

7 jobs advertised · £43,563 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Children's Support Worker, Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer - Relocation Assistance

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 Foyle:

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

Notable places nearby

  • 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…

  • 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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is New Buildings?
New Buildings is a town in Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland, in the Derry City and Strabane local authority.
What is the population of New Buildings?
New Buildings has an approximate settlement population of 3,381.