Cookstown

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 14° / 8° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:47Sunset 20:01

13h 14m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Armagh Lonsdale Road, United Kingdom

153 food businesses within 2 miles

• 133 rated 4–5 ★ (121 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£195,453 average▲ 10.5% YoY

Across Mid Ulster · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

• Cheapest petrol: 154.7p · Asda (0.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 176.7p · Asda (0.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: Burnavon Theatre (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Mr Cathal Mallaghan

Sinn Féin

Mid Ulster

Source: UK Parliament

No overall control

• SF 19
• DUP 11
• UUP 2
• SDLP 5
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

10,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

173 jobs advertised · £37,236 avg

e.g. Accounts Payable Assistant (12m FTC), Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Matter Orchestration Manager

Source: Adzuna

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Mid Ulster:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s260 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Urgently review & adjust steel import quota & tariff changes - effective 01/07187 local signatures · 10,229 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership142 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test107 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth68 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

• Holy Trinity College, Cookstown · 0.2 km

  Holy Trinity College is an 11–18 mixed Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was established in 1994 through the amalgamation of St Patrick’s High School and…

• St Ciaran's College · 0.2 km

  Saint Ciaran's College is a co-educational Roman Catholic secondary school located in Ballygawley, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is within the Education Authority (Southern) area.

• Cookstown Fr. Rock's GAC · 0.3 km

  Cookstown Fr. Rock's Gaelic Athletic Club is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The club fields male and female teams across a multitude of age groups ranging fro…

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  Cookstown District Council · 0.3 km

  Cookstown District Council was a district council covering an area largely in County Tyrone and partly in County Londonderry. It merged with Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council and Magherafelt District Council…

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  East Tyrone (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) · 0.3 km

  East Tyrone was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

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  Cookstown railway station · 0.4 km

  Cookstown railway station was one of two railway stations serving the town of Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)