Blackfort
Blackfort is a town or village in Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland, with one school. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Blackfort area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- County
- Fermanagh and Omagh
Weather
14°COvercast
- Today: 15° / 8° · 36% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 10° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:49Sunset 20:03
13h 14m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
17US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Monaghan Town, Ireland
Food hygiene
4 food businesses within 2 miles
- 4 rated 4–5 ★ (4 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£201,732 average▲ 11% YoY
Across Fermanagh and Omagh · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 156.7p · Asda (7 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (7 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
7 charging locations within ~8 km
- 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 75 kW
- Nearest: Old Mill Garage (4.1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Council control
Sinn Féin majority
- SF 21
- DUP 6
- Alli 2
- UUP 7
- SDLP 2
- Oth 2
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
9,780 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£21,549 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.7
- Feeling worthwhile8.0
- Happiness yesterday7.7
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.3
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
- Tattyreagh St Patrick's GAC · 0.9 km
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- Fintona Junction railway station · 3.6 km
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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)