Gortaclare

Gortaclare is a village in Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 1,000. It has 2 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Gortaclare area — all from official UK open data.

Council: Fermanagh and Omagh
County: Fermanagh and Omagh

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°COvercast

Today: 15° / 9° · 69% rain
Tomorrow: 15° / 7° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:47Sunset 20:05

13h 18m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Monaghan Town, Ireland

Food hygiene

8 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

£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 (10.7 km)
Cheapest diesel: 177.7p · Asda (10.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

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

Ballygawley land mine attack · 1.0 km
In the Ballygawley land mine attack of 13 July 1983, four soldiers of the British Army's Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) land mine near Ballygawley in County Tyro…
Altnaveigh landmine attack · 1.0 km
In the Altnaveigh landmine attack of 19 May 1981, five British soldiers were killed and their armoured vehicle destroyed by a Provisional IRA landmine at Altnaveigh, a rural area outside Newry in County Armagh, Northe…
Gortaclare · 1.0 km
Gortaclare is a small village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the 2021 census, it had a population of 76 people. It lies within the Omagh District Council area.
Moylagh, County Tyrone · 1.5 km
Moylagh is a townland near Gortaclare village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. In the 2001 census, it had a population of 66 people. It lies within the Omagh District Council area.
Ballygawley bus bombing · 3.2 km
On 20 August 1988, a roadside bomb attack was carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on a bus carrying British soldiers in Northern Ireland. It occurred in the townland of Curr near Ballygawley, Co…
Beragh · 3.2 km
Beragh is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is about 8 miles southeast of Omagh and is in the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area. The 2021 census recorded a population of 694.