Maghery
Maghery is a village in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland, with a population of around 1,000. There is 1 school and 1 park or green space, and the nearest railway station is Peatlands Park Railway, 4.1 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Maghery area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Mid Ulster
- County
- Mid Ulster
Weather
11°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 16° / 9° · 29% rain
- Tomorrow: 16° / 11° · Overcast
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:46Sunset 20:00
13h 14m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
14US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)
Source: WAQI · Armagh Lonsdale Road, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
8 food businesses within 2 miles
- 8 rated 4–5 ★ (8 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
4 charging locations within ~8 km
- Fastest nearby: 22 kW
- Nearest: Peatland Park Dungannon (4.3 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 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
Maghery Country Park · 0.1 kmMaghery Country Park is a park in the village of Maghery, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, on the shores of Lough Neagh. It covers 30 acres (120,000 m2) and includes five km of woodland walks and picnic areas and is u…
Maghery Sean MacDermott's GAC · 0.6 kmMaghery Sean MacDermott's GAC is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club from Maghery, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The club's home ground is Felix Hamill Park which opened in 2003
River Blackwater (Northern Ireland) · 0.7 kmThe River Blackwater or Ulster Blackwater is a river mainly in County Armagh and County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Its source is to the north of Fivemiletown, County Tyrone. The river divides County Armagh from County…
Derrywarragh Island · 0.8 kmDerrywarragh Island is a boulder clay island on Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. It is linked by a bridge to Maghery, County Armagh. Originally a peninsula, it was cut off from the mainland in 1803 when a small canal wa…
Maghery · 1.0 kmMaghery is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southwest shore of Lough Neagh, near Derrywarragh Island, in the northwest corner of the county. As it sits between the estuar…
Derryloughan, County Tyrone · 1.7 kmDerryloughan is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southwest corner of Lough Neagh, 4 miles from Coalisland. It is situated in the historic barony of Dungannon Middle and the civil parish of…
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