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Houghton
Cumberland

Houghton village green
Location
Grid reference: NY407593
Location: 54°55’30"N, 2°55’26"W
Data
Post town: Carlisle
Postcode: CA3
Dialling code: 01228
Local Government
Council: Cumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Penrith and The Border

Houghton is a commuter village to the north of Carlisle, the county town of Cumberland. It has a sub post office/grocers shop; equestrian shop; hairdressers; a village hall, a primary school.

The parish church is St John's.

Hadrian's Wall runs past the village to the south along past Whiteclosegate.

Houghton Hall, the manor house of the village, is a Grade II listed building.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Cumbria Houghton, Cumberland)

References