Houghton Cemetery
Houghton Cemetery is a cemetery in Sunderland, England. Houghton Cemetery is situated nearby to St Michael’s RC Church, as well as near the hospital Brooke House.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kepier School and St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Houghton-le-Spring.
Kepier School
School
Kepier School is a coeducational secondary school in Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. As of 2025, it has 1147 pupils, and is larger than the average secondary school. Kepier School is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Houghton Cemetery.
St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Houghton-le-Spring
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael and All Angels' Church is the parish church of Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, England. The church dates from the late 12th century and contains the tomb of Bernard Gilpin. The church is a Grade I listed building. St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Houghton-le-Spring is situated 2,700 feet north of Houghton Cemetery.
Joe’s Pond
Protected area
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Joe's Pond is a 4-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest that lies to the east of, and adjacent to, the Rainton Meadows nature reserve in Tyne and Wear, England. Joe’s Pond is situated 1 mile west of Houghton Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Houghton-Le-Spring and East Rainton.
Houghton-Le-Spring
Town
Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Houghton-le-Spring is a town within the Sunderland, England which has its recorded origins in Norman times. Historically in County Durham. It lies seven miles from Durham, 7 miles. Seaham is also 5 mi directly east.
East Rainton
Village
East Rainton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hetton, in the Sunderland district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is situated alongside the A690 road between Sunderland and Durham, near Houghton-le-Spring.
Chilton Moor
Village
Chilton Moor is a village in Tyne and Wear, England. The village is located between Houghton le Spring and Fence Houses on the Tyne and Wear/County Durham county boundary.
Houghton Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Category: burial
- Location: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.83503° or 54° 50′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.46919° or 1° 28′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C6WRGPJ+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 178807920OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemetery
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