Houghton
Built-up area in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.335, -0.119 |
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| OS grid ref: | TL 28 72 |
| Population: | 1,391 |
| Dialling code: | 01480 (Huntingdon) |
Houghton is a small riverside village in the civil parish of Houghton and Wyton, set on the banks of the River Great Ouse in historic Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England. Its low-lying location on the Ouse floodplain gives it a distinctly rural, watery character with attractive towpaths, meadows and birdlife; the village sits just a short hop from Huntingdon and is popular with walkers, anglers and people commuting into the wider Cambridge area.
Houghton has a long local history centred on milling and agriculture, and the surviving former mill buildings - including the well-known Houghton Mill - are a reminder of its medieval and industrial past. Today it feels like a close-knit village community with a mix of farmed landscape and residential cottages, modest local amenities and an economy that combines agriculture with commuter households and small-scale rural businesses.
Postcode districts covering Houghton
Most populated places nearby
- Peterborough 18 miles28.9 km
- Cambridge 14.2 miles22.8 km
- Bedford 19.9 miles32 km
- Wellingborough 24.7 miles39.8 km
- Rushden 20.4 miles32.9 km
- Huntingdon 2.7 miles4.4 km
- March 17.2 miles27.7 km
- Newmarket 23 miles37 km
- Kempston Hardwick 23.3 miles37.5 km
- Kempston 22.1 miles35.5 km
- Ely 16.8 miles27 km
- Biggleswade 18.2 miles29.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Hemingford Grey & Houghton Ward 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Houghton and Wyton Parish 0.6 miles0.9 km
- Hemingford Abbots Built-up area 0.9 miles1.4 km
- Wyton-on-the-Hill Parish 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Wyton Built-up area 1.2 miles1.9 km
- St. Ives West Ward 1.4 miles2.2 km
- Hemingford Grey Built-up area 1.6 miles2.5 km
- St. Ives Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- St. Ives South Ward 2 miles3.2 km
- Huntingdon East Ward 2 miles3.3 km
- St. Ives East Ward 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Godmanchester Built-up area 2.4 miles3.8 km
Example postcodes in Houghton
PE28 2DF, PE28 2BF, PE28 2JR, PE28 2BE, PE28 2AH, PE28 2BG, PE28 2FQ, PE28 2BD, PE28 2JH … See all
Transport links
- Luton Airport 33.5 miles53.9 km
- Stansted Airport 34.5 miles55.5 km
- Huntingdon Railway Station 3.1 miles5 km
- St. Neots Railway Station 8.9 miles14.4 km
Hotels near Houghton Ad
- The Old Bridge 3 2.6 miles4.1 km
- The Golden Lion Hotel, St Ives, Cambridgeshire 4 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Holiday Inn Huntingdon - Racecourse 3 4.6 miles7.4 km
- Delta Hotels by Marriott Huntingdon 4 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Dolphin Hotel Cambridge 4 2 miles3.2 km
- Holiday Inn Express Cambridge West Cambourne 3 8.1 miles13.1 km
- George Hotel Huntingdon by Greene King Inns 3 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Slepe Hall Hotel 3 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Pike & Eel Hotel and Marina 3 4.8 miles7.8 km
- The Eaton Oak 9.7 miles15.6 km
Schools in Houghton
- Houghton Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Huntingdon Racecourse Recreation 4.8 miles7.8 km
- Monks Wood National Nature Reserve Nature reserve 7.1 miles11.5 km
- Sawtry Abbey Historic site 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Hayley Wood Forest 11.6 miles18.7 km
- Bridge Road Stadium 11.7 miles18.9 km
- Trinity College College 13.4 miles21.5 km
- University of Cambridge University 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Grand Arcade Shopping centre 13.6 miles21.9 km
- Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Museum 13.6 miles22 km
- Wimpole Estate Estate 13.7 miles22 km
- The Fitzwilliam Museum Museum 13.7 miles22.1 km
- Walcot Hall Estate 14.3 miles23 km