Newmills
Newmills is a village in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland. It has two schools. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Newmills area — all from official UK open data.
- Council
- Mid Ulster
- County
- Mid Ulster
Weather
11°COvercast
- Today: 15° / 8° · 22% rain
- Tomorrow: 15° / 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
14US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)
Source: WAQI · Armagh Lonsdale Road, United Kingdom
Food hygiene
47 food businesses within 2 miles
- 43 rated 4–5 ★ (41 top)
- 1 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)
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 154.7p · Asda (9.5 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 176.7p · Asda (9.5 km)
1 station within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
9 charging locations within ~8 km
- 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 250 kW
- Nearest: DRD Car Park Cornmill Coalisland (2.4 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Your MP
Mr Cathal Mallaghan
Sinn Féin
Mid Ulster
Source: UK Parliament
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)
Jobs
4 jobs advertised
e.g. Online Biology Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Newmills – Flexible Schedule
Source: Adzuna
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
- Dukart's Canal · 0.3 km
Dukart's Canal was built to provide transport for coal from the Drumglass Collieries to the Coalisland Canal in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. It opened in 1777, and used three inclined planes, rather than locks, to…
Newmills · 0.5 kmNewmills is a small village in east County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, 3 miles (5 km) from Dungannon and 2 miles (3 km) from Coalisland. Newmills gets its name from a corn mill and kilns that formerly stood in the area.…
- Brackaville Owen Roes GFC · 1.2 km
Brackaville Owen Roes is a Gaelic Athletic Association club. The club is based in Brackaville, near Coalisland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
- St Joseph's College, Coalisland · 1.8 km
St Joseph's College is a Catholic secondary school located in Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
- Coalisland railway station · 2.0 km
Coalisland railway station served Coalisland in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.
Lake Torrent · 2.3 kmLake Torrent Motorsport Centre is a failed project to create a new, purpose-built racing circuit for motorsports located in Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The name is shared with the nearby Torrent River.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)