Traditional county: South Yorkshire · District / Borough: Barnsley · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Great Houghton, South Yorkshire 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Great Houghton, South Yorkshire, 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 | Great Houghton |
| Traditional County | South Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Barnsley |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.552234 |
| Longitude | -1.347609 |
| Place Type | Village |
Great Houghton commands a rise above the Dearne Valley, where the morning light catches the slate roofs and stone gables in a sharp, clean clarity. It lies 1.4 miles west-north-west of Thurnscoe (from Thurnscoe: bearing 295°T, OS grid SE 433 063), and is situated north-east of Little Houghton village. The horizon here is defined by the steady, rolling presence of Hargate Hill, a silent witness to the changing seasons as they wash over the fields. Great Houghton carries the weight of its industrial past with a quiet dignity, particularly where the Houghton Main Colliery Memorial stands as a stark, iron-wrought sentinel against the sky. Below these slopes, the land dips toward the Dearne Valley Wetlands, a vast expanse of water and reed where the air hums with the movement of migratory birds. The soil here, once busy with the pulse of deep-seam coal mining, now supports a quieter rhythm of reclaimed earth and rewilded spaces. In the cooling dusk, the shadows lengthen across the lanes, revealing the enduring character of a place that has learned to live in harmony with its own transformation. Every brick and path in Great Houghton seems to hold a memory of the men who laboured in the dark, yet the landscape itself remains open, bright, and persistent.
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Explore Great Houghton, South Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.552234, -1.347609. 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. |