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Great Houghton
Great Houghton Methodist Church
Great HoughtonLocation within South Yorkshire
Population	2,475 (2011)
OS grid reference	SE432065
Civil parish	Great Houghton
Metropolitan borough	Barnsley
Metropolitan county	South Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BARNSLEY
Postcode district	S72
Dialling code	01226
Police	South Yorkshire
Fire	South Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Barnsley East and Mexborough
List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°33′N 1°21′W / 53.55°N 1.35°W / 53.55; -1.35

Great Houghton is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England), on the border with West Yorkshire. It lies to the west of Thurnscoe, on the B6411 road, and is located at approximately 53° 33' 20" north, 1° 21' west, at an elevation of around 60 m above sea level. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,261, increasing to 2,475 at the 2011 census.

Great Houghton is a former mining village and its mines were served by the railway, which has since gone, but remains are still visible.

The village has a primary school called Sandhill. The old school building that stood on the main street was demolished in 2007 and was replaced with a new Private Finance Initiative primary school.

Some parts of Great Houghton were affected by the 2007 summer flooding, which caused extensive damage in neighbouring villages.

References

1. "Census 2001". Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

External links

Media related to Great Houghton, South Yorkshire at Wikimedia Commons

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