Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Cumberland · Region: North West
Explore Houghton, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Houghton map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Houghton, Cumbria, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Houghton |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Cumberland |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.924377 |
| Longitude | -2.923892 |
| Place Type | Village |
Houghton holds the quiet gravity of a place where the Cumbrian sky seems to press closer to the earth. It lies 2.2 miles north of Carlisle (from Carlisle: bearing 9°T, OS grid NY 408 592), and is situated west-south-west of Brunstock village. The land here rises in gentle, insistent swells, carrying the weight of centuries beneath a thin veil of pasture and hedgerow. To the north, the modest waters of School Sike trace a cold, silver line through the fields, carving a rhythmic path that barely disturbs the silence of the surrounding meadows. A short distance to the southeast, the earth conceals the fractured, slumbering masonry of Hadrian’s Wall, where Roman ambition once anchored itself against the restless horizon. Houghton occupies a space where the ancient borders of empire fade into the persistent, living pulse of modern agricultural life. Sunlight catches the stone of the older cottages, illuminating a texture of grit and lime that has weathered the northern gales with stoic indifference. The character of Houghton remains defined by this intersection of deep, buried history and the unyielding, open light of the Solway Plain.
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Explore Houghton, Cumbria, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.924377, -2.923892. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |