Northern Area Plan 2016
Limavady Borough: Feeny

Feeny, 7 kilometres south west of Dungiven, has a most attractive natural setting just inside the boundary of The Sperrins Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It has a growing residential function complemented by a range of social, educational and recreational facilities including a health centre, community centre and Gaelic club. For a village of its size, however, Feeny provides only a limited range of retail services including a shop, post office and hot food takeaway. The local primary school is situated a short distance outside the village to the south east.

Feeny has good road links to Limavady, 20 kilometres to the north, and Londonderry, 23 kilometres to the north west. It lies a few kilometres south of the key transport corridor linking Belfast and Londonderry, but has limited public transport connections.

With the expansion of housing development in the village over the past decade there has been a slight increase in the population to 534 in 2001. Feeny is designated a Small Village in the Settlement Hierarchy in Volume 1 of the Plan.

The development limit will consolidate the compact form of the village, ensuring that any new housing is convenient to all local facilities.