Benburb
Benburb is a town or village in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland, with one supermarket and one park or green. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Benburb area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Mid Ulster
- County
- Mid Ulster
Weather
12°COvercast
- Today: 16° / 8° · 36% rain
- Tomorrow: 17° / 10° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:47Sunset 20:01
13h 14m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
13US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)
Source: WAQI · Armagh Lonsdale Road, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
13 food businesses within 2 miles
- 13 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£195,453 average▲ 10.5% YoY
Across Mid Ulster · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
EV charging
7 charging locations within ~8 km
- 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: Benburb Priory (1 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Council control
No overall control
- SF 19
- DUP 11
- UUP 2
- SDLP 5
- Oth 3
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
Local businesses
10,845 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Local economy
2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£22,124 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction8.0
- Feeling worthwhile8.3
- Happiness yesterday8.0
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)1.9
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Fermanagh and South Tyrone:
- Do not ban social media for under 16s379 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Make seizure training mandatory in all child and vulnerable adult work settings157 local signatures · 11,744 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership155 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test122 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Urgently review & adjust steel import quota & tariff changes - effective 01/0786 local signatures · 10,229 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Battle of Benburb · 1.0 kmThe Battle of Benburb took place on 5 June 1646 during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought between the Irish Confederates under Owen Roe O'Neill, and an army…
- Benburb · 1.0 km
Benburb ) is a village and townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies 7.5 miles from Armagh and 8 miles from Dungannon. The River Blackwater runs alongside the village as does the Ulster Canal.
Benburb Castle · 1.2 kmBenburb Castle is a castle situated in Benburb, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is built on a limestone cliff overlooking the River Blackwater, the border between County Tyrone and County Armagh. A 19th-century to…
- Lisgobban, County Tyrone · 1.8 km
Lisgobban is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Dungannon Middle and the civil parish of Clonfeacle and covers an area of 135 acres.
Assault on the Blackwater Fort · 1.9 kmOn 16 February 1595, a Gaelic Irish force assaulted and captured the English-held Blackwater Fort at Blackwatertown in County Armagh. The Irish were led by Art MacBaron O'Neill, brother of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone…
Blackwatertown · 2.2 kmBlackwatertown is a small village in the north-west of County Armagh in Northern Ireland. It sits on the River Blackwater, in the townland of Lisbofin, at the border with County Tyrone. The village is around 5 miles (…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)