Traditional county: South Yorkshire · District / Borough: Barnsley · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Little Houghton, South Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Little 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 Little 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 | Little Houghton |
| Traditional County | South Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Barnsley |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.545366 |
| Longitude | -1.360844 |
| Place Type | Village |
Little Houghton bears the quiet weight of a landscape shaped by the long, industrious shadows of the coal-age. It lies 1.8 miles west of Thurnscoe (from Thurnscoe: bearing 274°T, OS grid SE 424 056), and is situated north-west of Middlecliffe village. The horizon here is marked by the enduring memory of the Houghton Main Colliery Memorial, which stands as a silent sentinel just a short distance to the north-west of the houses. Beyond the streets, the terrain softens into the Dearne Valley Wetlands Sssi, where the water catches the pale Yorkshire light and draws the sky down into the reeds. From the higher ground, one can look toward the distant spine of the Quarry Hills, a reminder of the raw earth that sustained the generations who worked the deep seams. Little Houghton holds its own distinct character, balanced between the remnants of its industrial heart and the encroaching wildness of the valley floor. The air possesses a clean, sharp quality in the colder months, carrying the scent of damp soil and the distant, rhythmic hum of the wider district. Time moves with a measured pace through the lanes, leaving the history of the shafts and the resilience of the people to linger in the stone.
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Explore Little 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: 53.545366, -1.360844. 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. |