Great Houghton, South Yorkshire

Great Houghton
Great Houghton
	Great Houghton Methodist Church
	Great Houghton Location within South Yorkshire
Population	2,475 (2011)
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
UK Parliament	Barnsley East and Mexborough;
	List of places UK England Yorkshire 53°33′N 1°21′W / 53.55°N 1.35°W

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. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,261,^[1] increasing to 2,475 at the 2011 census.^[2]

Great Houghton is a former mining village and its mines were served by the railway, which has since gone, but remains are still visible. The village has a Miners Welfare Hall which was built and completed in 1923 and handed over to Great Houghton Parish Council soon after. In 2024 Barnsley MBC funded The Miners Welfare Hall's full renovation under its Local Centre's Renovation works. Further works are planned in 2025 under the same funding initiative.^{[citation needed]}

The village had a primary school called Sandhill.^[3] The old school building that stood on the main street was demolished in 2007 and was replaced with a new Private Finance Initiative primary school.^{[citation needed]}

The village has a church, St Michael's All Angels.^{[citation needed]}

Some parts of Great Houghton were affected by the 2007 summer flooding, which caused extensive damage in neighbouring villages.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Census 2001". Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^ "Sandhill Primary". www.sandhillprimary.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2025.

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[1] "Census 2001". Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2009.

[2] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

[3] "Sandhill Primary". www.sandhillprimary.org.uk. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2025.

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