The Rock

The Rock is a town or village in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland, with around 2 parks and greens and 1 restaurant or café. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the The Rock 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 06:47Sunset 20:01

13h 14m 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 · Armagh Lonsdale Road, United Kingdom

Food hygiene

4 food businesses within 2 miles

4 rated 4–5 ★ (4 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)

Fuel prices

Cheapest petrol: 154.7p · Asda (8 km)
Cheapest diesel: 176.7p · Asda (8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
Fastest nearby: 60 kW
Nearest: Country Stoves (6.4 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 West Tyrone:

Do not ban social media for under 16s273 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership129 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test115 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
Set a maximum 6‑month diagnosis target for endometriosis102 local signatures · 3,830 nationwide
Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth82 local signatures · 112,809 nationwide

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

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