Northern Area Plan 2016
Limavady Borough: Drumsurn

Drumsurn, set within the Roe Valley, is located 8 kilometres south east of Limavady and 10 kilometres north east of Dungiven. After a long period of inactivity there has been recent house building in the private sector. Drumsurn has a significant residential function with good educational, social and recreational facilities. These include the high quality recreation grounds and community centre at St. Matthew’s GAC to the south of the village. However, Drumsurn provides only a limited range of commercial services. The village had a population of 357 in 2001. Drumsurn is designated a Small Village in the Settlement Hierarchy in Volume 1 of the Plan.

The development limit reflects the dispersed form of the settlement along Drumsurn Road, with locally significant services and facilities concentrated in the two nodes of the village one kilometre apart. The development limit will consolidate the existing settlement pattern of both parts of the village and prevent further elongation.