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Strathfoyle
Sign in to saveStrathfoyle (from ) is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland It is about north east of Derry. It was newly built in different phases between the late 1950s and the early 1960s, with many new recent additions to the village, including Westlake, ''Butler's Wharf and Old Fort''. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,581 people. It is within the Derry Urban Area and the Derry City Council area. The village has a small retail outlet (a pharmacy, a supermarket, a fast food take-away and a beauticians), a Roman Catholic chapel, a library, youth club and a post office. The small reta
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- Locality
- Strathfoyle
- Region
- Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
- Country
- United Kingdom
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Derry City and Strabane
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Du Pont Derry 2007 SMC.JPG
- Dialing code
- 028
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- postal code
- BT47
- Commons category
- Strathfoyle
- historic county
- County Londonderry
- P8168
- The Bangles
- native label
- Srath Feabhail
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Strathfoyle (from ) is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland It is about north east of Derry. It was newly built in different phases between the late 1950s and the early 1960s, with many new recent additions to the village, including Westlake, ''Butler's Wharf and Old Fort''. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,581 people. It is within the Derry Urban Area and the Derry City Council area. The village has a small retail outlet (a pharmacy, a supermarket, a fast food take-away and a beauticians), a Roman Catholic chapel, a library, youth club and a post office. The small retail unit was constructed in 2005 following years of under-investment in the area and pressure by local community leaders to provide more facilities for its residents.
==History==
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