Great Houghton, Northamptonshire

Great Houghton is a village in the Borough of Northampton. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 642.[1] It lies on the edge of the large market town, on the Bedford Road (A428). The village has two pubs and a large village hall and playing fields. The village was also the home of Great Houghton School - a private day school which closed in 2014.[2]

Great Houghton
Great Houghton
Location within Northamptonshire
Population642 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP79115886
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorthampton
Postcode districtNN4
Dialling code01604
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands

The village was struck by an F1/T2 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.[3]


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