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Magherafelt

Ireland

Magherafelt sits in the heart of County Londonderry, perfectly placed between Belfast and Derry with Lough Neagh to the east and the Sperrins rising west. The A42 from Ballymena brings most visitors, while the A6 connects to Belfast in about an hour. Dublin drivers follow the M1 and A6 for 185 kilometers through lovely countryside. The town serves as a natural hub for Mid-Ulster, with decent EV charging in the centre. This is Seamus Heaney country, where the Nobel laureate attended the Rainey Endowed School whose red-brick buildings still dominate the main street, and the surrounding bog lands and small farms remain much as he described them.

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The closest airport to Magherafelt is Belfast International Airport, 40 km (about 35 min by car). Other airports nearby: George Best Belfast City Airport, City of Derry Airport.

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Magherafelt is in Ireland, at 54.756, -6.610 - about 30 km south-west of Ballymena.