Great Houghton, South Yorkshire
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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.
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 once stood on the main street was demolished during 2007 and a new PFI
primary school school replacing it.
Some parts of Great Houghton were affected by the 2007 summer flooding which caused extensive damage in neighbouring villages.
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
), on the border with West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
. It lies to the west of Thurnscoe
Thurnscoe
Thurnscoe is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. The village is approximately half way between Barnsley and Doncaster, but sufficiently far enough from both to be out of their urban sprawl...
, 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
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,261.
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 once stood on the main street was demolished during 2007 and a new PFI
Private Finance Initiative
The private finance initiative is a way of creating "public–private partnerships" by funding public infrastructure projects with private capital...
primary school school replacing it.
Some parts of Great Houghton were affected by the 2007 summer flooding which caused extensive damage in neighbouring villages.