Burnfoot

Burnfoot is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 4 kilometres north of Dungiven and 9 kilometres south of Limavady. It is beside the River Roe, with the greater part of the built up area on the western side of Drumrane Road. The village has a good range of social, educational and recreational facilities. The population has remained relatively static, with 195 people in the 2001 Census. It lies within the Limavady Borough Council area.

It has quite a large village shop, football fields and a very good primary school. Burnfoot has two churches, Bovevagh Church of Ireland ( St.Eugenius) and Camnish Presbyterian Church. Burnfoot has its own community hall and youth clubs such as Scouts and the Girls Brigade. Burnfoot has had a recent new housing development called Rosebrook which added another 15+ houses to the area, making the population now about 250.

Transport

• Burnfoot railway station opened on 12 November 1864, was closed for passenger traffic on 6 September 1948, and finally closed altogether on 10 August 1953.^[1]

References

1. ^ Burnfoot station. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-09-13.

• Draft Northern Area Plan 2016
• NI Neighbourhood Information Service

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• List of towns in Northern Ireland

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