Great Houghton, South Yorkshire

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Great Houghton
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Great Houghton Methodist Church
Great Houghton is located in South Yorkshire
Great Houghton
Great Houghton
 Great Houghton shown within South Yorkshire
Population 2,261 (2001)
OS grid reference SE432065
Civil parish Great Houghton
Metropolitan borough Barnsley
Metropolitan county South Yorkshire
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BARNSLEY
Postcode district S72
Dialling code 01226
Police South Yorkshire
Fire South Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament Barnsley East and Mexborough
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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, and is located at approximately 53° 33' 20" North, 1° 21' West, at an elevation of around 60 metres above sea level. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,261.[1]

Great Houghton is a former mining village and its mines were served by the railway which has since gone but remains of which are still visible.

The village has a primary school called Sandhill. The old school building which stood on the main street was demolished in 2007 and was replaced with a new PFI primary school.

Some parts of Great Houghton were affected by the 2007 summer flooding which caused extensive damage in neighbouring villages.

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