Traditional county: Northamptonshire · Unitary authority: West Northamptonshire · Region: East Midlands
Explore Great Houghton, Northamptonshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great 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.
| Place | Great Houghton |
| Traditional County | Northamptonshire |
| Unitary Authority | West Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.221470 |
| Longitude | -0.839912 |
| Place Type | Village |
Great Houghton, a quiet ember in the Northamptonshire landscape, catches the softened light of the East Midlands. It lies 4.2 km east-south-east of Northampton (from Northampton: bearing 116°T, OS grid SP 793 587), and is situated south-west of Little Houghton village. The land around Great Houghton breathes with a gentle agricultural rhythm, its fields often a patchwork of ochre and emerald under a wide, unassuming sky. The very air here seems to hold a certain stillness, a whispered memory of generations who have walked these paths, their lives as much a part of the soil as the ancient hedgerows. Occasionally, the broad sweep of the countryside offers a glimpse of the distant, busier world, but here, in Great Houghton, a more deliberate pace prevails.
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Explore Great Houghton, Northamptonshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 52.221470, -0.839912. 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 | June 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. |