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Houghton-Le-Spring

Houghton-le-Spring is an area of Sunderland, England which has its recorded origins in Norman times. Historically in . It lies seven miles from , 7 miles. is also 5 mi directly east.
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  • Type: Town with 37,800 residents
  • Description: town in the City of Sunderland in the county of Tyne and Wear, England
  • Also known as: “Houghton-le-Spring”
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Houghton-le-Spring and The Rectory.

Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael and All Angels' Church is the of Houghton-le-Spring, , . The church dates from the late 12th century and contains the tomb of Bernard Gilpin. The church is a Grade I listed building.

Building
Photo: Gary Fellows, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a building.

School
is a coeducational secondary school in Houghton-le-Spring, , , . As of 2025, it has 1147 pupils, and is larger than the average secondary school.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chilton Moor and Newbottle.

Village
is a village in , England. The village is located between Houghton le Spring and on the Tyne and Wear/ county boundary.

Village
is a village in the Sunderland district, in , England. The village is situated between 8 miles and Sunderland is 5 miles. It was historically a part of .

Village
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hetton, in the Sunderland district, in the county of , England. It is situated alongside the A690 road between Sunderland and , near Houghton-le-Spring.

Houghton-Le-Spring

Latitude
54.84065° or 54° 50′ 26″ north
Longitude
-1.46993° or 1° 28′ 12″ west
Population
37,800
Elevation
259 feet (79 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB HLS
Open location code
9C6WRGRJ+72
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29343409
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2646525
Wiki­data ID
Q2326854
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Houghton-Le-Spring” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Basque: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Bengali: “হাউটন”
  • Catalan: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Cebuano: “Houghton-Le-Spring”
  • Chinese: “霍顿勒斯普林”
  • Czech: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Dutch: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • French: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • German: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Gujarati: “હ્યુટન-લે-સ્પ્રિંગ”
  • Irish: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Italian: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Japanese: “ヒュートン”
  • Japanese: “ホートン・ル・スプリング”
  • Japanese: “ホートン＝ル＝スプリング”
  • Kannada: “ಹೌಟನ್-ಲೆ-ಸ್ಪ್ರಿಂಗ್”
  • Korean: “호튼”
  • Ladin: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Lithuanian: “Hiutonas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Persian: “هوتون لو سپرینگ”
  • Polish: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Portuguese: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Romanian: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Russian: “Хоутон-ле-Спринг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Spanish: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Swedish: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • Tamil: “ஹௌஜிதன்-லீ -ஸ்ப்ரிங்”
  • Telugu: “హౌఘ్టన్-లే-స్ప్రింగ్”
  • Urdu: “ہووگھٹن-لی-سپرینج”
  • Welsh: “Houghton-le-Spring”
  • “Houghton-le-Spring”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Old Rectory and Houghton-le-Spring Rectory park.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Houghton-Le-Spring”. Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.