Knockloughrim or Knockcloghrim (from Irish Cnoc Clochdhroma, meaning 'hill of the stony ridge')[1] is a small village near Maghera in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

The spelling Knockcloghrim, used by the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, has been adopted by the district council, the Electoral Office, and many other official bodies.

Knockloughrim was founded by John Bates, (1803–1855) a prominent Belfast solicitor who, on travelling through the area on his way to the assizes in Derry, felt it would be a good site for a model village.

Bates also served as Town Clerk of Belfast, being a prominent member of the Tory machine which controlled the city after local government reforms of 1842.

Bates is alleged to have embezzled money from the Corporation of Belfast to fund the building of the village, and absconded to France when this was discovered.

His descendant, Sir Richard Dawson Bates, would later serve as Northern Ireland's first Minister of Home Affairs.

In 1830–1831, Knockloughrim was the scene of a severe riot, when local Orangemen were apparently involved in a scuffle with Roman Catholics.

The old railway bridge at Derganagh Road, under which locomotives passed on their way to and from Maghera, remains in excellent condition, although it is now substantially overgrown and difficult to access.

Knockloughrim is the location of FP McCann Ltd, one of Northern Ireland's biggest quarrying contractors, and are responsible for many major projects, including the construction of the Toome by-pass, which opened in 2004.