Desertmartin

Desertmartin is a town or village in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland, with around 1 school and 2 restaurants and cafés. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Desertmartin area — all from official UK open data.

Council: Mid Ulster
County: Mid Ulster

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°CPatchy rain nearby

Today: 15° / 7° · 41% rain
Tomorrow: 16° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 20:03

13h 19m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Ballymena Ballykeel, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

7 food businesses within 2 miles

6 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

£195,453 average▲ 10.5% YoY

Across Mid Ulster · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

EV charging

6 charging locations within ~8 km

Fastest nearby: 22 kW
Nearest: Meadow Lane Shopping Centre (4.8 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

Amenity data is being compiled for this area.

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 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

Notable places nearby

Desertmartin · 0.0 km
Desertmartin is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is four miles from Magherafelt, at the foot of Slieve Gallion. In the 2001 Census the greater Desertmartin area had a population of 1,276. It…
Desertmartin railway station · 0.7 km
Desertmartin railway station was on the Draperstown Railway which ran from Magherafelt to Draperstown in Northern Ireland.
Desertmartin GAC · 1.1 km
Saint Martin's GAC Desertmartin is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Desertmartin, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently caters for Gaelic football and Ladies'…
Coolsaragh · 2.1 km
Coolsaragh is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south of the parish on the boundary with the civil parish of Desertmartin, and it is bounded…
Killynumber · 2.8 km
Killynumber is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south-east with the civil parish of Desertmartin, and it is bounded by the townlands of Ann…
Drumsamney · 2.9 km
Drumsamney is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south-east of the parish on the boundary of the civil parish of Desertmartin, and is bounded…