Great Houghton, Northamptonshire

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|country = England

|official_name= Great Houghton

|coordinates = {{coord|52.22275|-0.841141|display=inline,title}}

|population = 651

|population_ref = (2021)

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|unitary_england= West Northamptonshire

|lieutenancy_england= Northamptonshire

|region= East Midlands

|post_town= Northampton

|postcode_district = NN4

|postcode_area= NN

|dial_code= 01604

|os_grid_reference= SP79115886

|constituency_westminster=

|website= [https://www.greathoughton.org.uk/ Great Houghton Parish Council]

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Great Houghton is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England.{{cite web |title=Planning |url=https://www.greathoughton.org.uk/planning/ |publisher=Great Houghton Parish Council |access-date=8 March 2025}} The village lies on the edge of Northampton, on the A428 Bedford Road, around {{convert|2.5|miles|km|0}} east-southeast of the town centre. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 census was 651.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123927&c=Great+Houghton&d=16&e=62&g=6451953&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1467642213297&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|access-date=4 July 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}

The name "Houghton" means "hill-spur farm/settlement".{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Great%20and%20Little%20Houghton |title=Great and Little Houghton |work=Key to English Place-names |publisher=University of Nottingham}} The village has two pubs and a large village hall and playing fields. It was also the home of Great Houghton School, a private day school which closed in 2014.[http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/local/children-and-staff-face-uncertain-future-after-northamptonshire-school-closes-1-6202445 Northampton Chronicle & Echo: Children and staff face uncertain future after Northamptonshire school closes Accessed 27 JUly 2014]

The village was struck by an F1/T2 tornado on 23 November 1981, as part of the record-breaking nationwide tornado outbreak on that day.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eswd.eu/cgi-bin/eswd.cgi|title = European Severe Weather Database}}