Great Houghton

Great Houghton is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England), on the border with West Yorkshire. It lies to the west of Thurnscoe, on the B6411 road.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Carlton Main Brickworks and St Michael and All Angels Church, Great Houghton.

Carlton Main Brickworks

Archaeological site

Carlton Main Brickworks is a 15.5 hectare geological site of Special Scientific Interest in South Yorkshire. It opened alongside Grimethorpe colliery in the mid-1890s, and has been producing quality bricks for well over a century.

St Michael and All Angels Church, Great Houghton

Church

Photo: Neil Theasby, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Michael and All Angels Church is the parish church of Great Houghton in South Yorkshire. The church is dedicated to St Michael, and was originally a private chapel and was built by Sir Edward Rodes, the High Sheriff of Yorkshire, who was a conspicuous Parliamentarian.

Thurnscoe railway station

Railway station

Photo: Adambro, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Thurnscoe railway station serves a village of Thurnscoe in South Yorkshire, England. It is located on the Wakefield Line 15 miles north of Sheffield railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Darfield and Thurnscoe.

Darfield

Village

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Darfield is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The village is situated approximately 4 miles east from Barnsley town centre. Darfield is situated 2 miles southwest of Great Houghton.

Thurnscoe

Town

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thurnscoe is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The village falls within the Dearne North ward of the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, and along with Goldthorpe and Bolton upon Dearne is part of the Dearne Towns.

Cudworth

Town

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cudworth is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 10,977 in the 2011 Census. The modern village is part of the Cudworth ward of Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and has a mix of housing types with a great many developments from the inter-war and post-war periods. Cudworth is situated 3 miles west of Great Houghton.

Great Houghton

Type: Locality
Location: Barnsley, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.5618° or 53° 33′ 43″ north

Longitude

-1.3481° or 1° 20′ 53″ west

Elevation

256 feet (78 metres)

Open location code

9C5WHM62+PQ

GeoNames ID

7299735

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Places to explore: Great Houghton and Little Houghton.

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Highlights: Houghton Main Hill and Ringstone Hill.

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