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Derry City Walls
The only completely intact walled city in Ireland, a 1.5km 17th-century rampart circling historic Derry.
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Omagh
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom · Europe
About Omagh
Omagh sits on the route: 20 minutes from Fintona, 50km from Cuilcagh Boardwalk Trail.
Omagh is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, with about 21,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Fintona, about 11 km away.
Omagh (; from Irish: An Ómaigh [ənˠ ˈoːmˠiː], meaning 'the virgin plain') is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule. Northern Ireland's capital city, Belfast, is 68 miles (109.5 km) to the east of Omagh, and Derry is 34 miles (55Read more
km) to the north.
The town had a population of 20,458 at the 2021 census. At the time of 2011 census, the former district council, which was the largest in County Tyrone, had a population of 51,356. Omagh contains the headquarters of the Western Education and Library Board, and also houses offices for the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs at Sperrin House, the Department for Infrastructure and the Northern Ireland Roads Service at the Tyrone County Hall and the Northern Ireland Land & Property Services at Boaz House.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Omagh?
Within an hour or so of Omagh: Derry City Walls (44 km), Cuilcagh Boardwalk Trail (50 km).
Are there any good drives near Omagh?
The nearest famous roads are Mamore Gap, Gleniff Horseshoe and Dundrod Circuit.
Where is Omagh?
Omagh is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, about 11 km from Fintona.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 21,056
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 54.6000, -7.3000
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Omagh
2 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Cuilcagh Boardwalk Trail
The 'Stairway to Heaven': a wooden boardwalk climbing across protected blanket bog to a 450-step staircase up Cuilcagh's ridge, with views over Fermanagh's lakelands. 7.5km each way from the Marlbank Road car park.
50 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Omagh
8 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 62 kmBinevenaghA basalt escarpment above Limavady with a small lake on top, used as the Dothraki grasslands in Game of Thrones.
- 67 kmGortmore Viewpoint (Manannán Mac Lir)A viewpoint on Binevenagh above the Bishop's Road with a sculpture of the sea god Manannán Mac Lir looking out to Donegal.
- 70 kmPoisoned GlenA steep-sided glen below Errigal at Dunlewey, entered past a roofless Victorian church.
- 71 kmMount ErrigalDonegal's highest peak, a pale quartzite cone above the R251 in the Derryveagh Mountains, climbed in about three hours return.
- 72 kmMamore GapSteep, narrow pass climbing to 260m through the Urris Hills of Inishowen, with a holy well and grotto at the summit and a plunging descent to the Atlantic at Urris. Part of the Inishowen 100 drive; low gears essential.
- 74 kmGleniff HorseshoeSix-mile single-track loop under the sheer Dartry cliffs of Benwiskin and Truskmore in Sligo's Yeats country, passing Diarmuid and Gráinne's cave: the highest cave mouth in Ireland. Barely a car on it most days.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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