Maghera

11°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 14° / 8° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 16° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:46Sunset 20:01

13h 15m 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 · Ballymena Ballykeel, United Kingdom

47 food businesses within 2 miles

• 41 rated 4–5 ★ (39 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)

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: DRD Car Park, St. Lurachs Road (0.1 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)

17 jobs advertised · £38,296 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required Part-time, Become a Biology Tutor in Maghera – Flexible & Remote, Online Biology Tutor - Part Time

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

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  Maghera · 0.1 km

  Maghera is a town at the foot of the Glenshane Pass in Northern Ireland. Its population was 4,235 in the 2021 census. Formerly in the barony of Loughinsholin within the historic County Londonderry, it is today in the…

• St Patrick's College, Maghera · 0.2 km

  St. Patrick's College, also known as St. Patrick's Co-Ed Comprehensive College, is a co-educational 11–18 secondary school in Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It teaches within the Roman Catholic ethos.…

• Maghera railway station · 0.3 km

  Maghera railway station was on the Derry Central Railway which ran from Magherafelt to Macfin Junction in Northern Ireland.

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  Watty Graham's GAC, Glen · 1.2 km

  Watty Graham's Gaelic Athletic Club, Glen, is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club based outside Maghera in the south of County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. Players are drawn from Maghera and some surrounding…

• Falgortrevy · 1.4 km

  Falgortrevy is a townland lying within the Civil parishes in Ireland of Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies on the western boundary of the parish and is divided into two portions; Falgortrevy and…

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  Craigadick · 1.6 km

  Craigadick is a townland lying within the civil parish of Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the west of the parish sharing a small boundary with Killelagh civil parish. It is bounded by the tow…

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