The Rock

The Rock is a town or village in Derry City and Strabane, Northern Ireland. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the The Rock 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

15°CPatchy rain nearby

Today: 15° / 10° · 62% rain
Tomorrow: 14° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:49Sunset 20:07

13h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Lough Navar, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

7 food businesses within 2 miles

5 rated 4–5 ★ (5 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.

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)

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:

Do not ban social media for under 16s273 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership129 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test115 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Set a maximum 6‑month diagnosis target for endometriosis102 local signatures · 3,830 nationwide
Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth82 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

Notable places nearby

Pettigoe Fault · 2.0 km
Pettigoe Fault is a geological fault in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Killeter · 2.1 km
Killeter is a small village and townland near Castlederg in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the 2021 census it had a population of 93.
Aghyaran St Davog's GAC · 3.3 km
Aghyaran St Davog's is a GAA club. It is based in the hamlet of Aghyaran near Castlederg, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Aghalunny · 3.6 km
Aghalunny is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Omagh West and the civil parish of Termonamongan and covers an area of 493 acres.
Aghyaran · 3.7 km
Aghyaran is a hamlet in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Killen, County Tyrone · 4.7 km
Killen 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…