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Where is Great Houghton?

Great Houghton is located in the county of South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, one mile north-west of the town of Thurnscoe, six miles east of the major town of Barnsley, and 150 miles north of London. Great Houghton lies two miles south-east of the West Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Great Houghton falls within the metropolitan district council of Barnsley. It is in the S72 postcode district. The post town for Great Houghton is Barnsley.

Great Houghton on a map

Map showing extent of Great Houghton as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Great Houghton
Map showing location of Great Houghton within the UK
Location of Great Houghton within the UK

Which county is Great Houghton in?

Great Houghton is in the ceremonial county of South Yorkshire, and the historic county of Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountySouth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Great Houghton in South Yorkshire?

Great Houghton is situated towards the northernmost extremity of South Yorkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of South Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Great Houghton within South Yorkshire
Location of Great Houghton within South Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Great Houghton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Great Houghton is S72 0DA.

Where is Great Houghton in S72?

Great Houghton is situated towards the southernmost extremity of the S72 postcode district, and towards the easternmost extremity of the S72 postcode district.

Map showing location of Great Houghton within S72
Location of Great Houghton within S72

What is the post town for Great Houghton?

The post town for Great Houghton is Barnsley. Great Houghton is in the S72 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Barnsley.

What is the latitude and longitude of Great Houghton?

The centre of Great Houghton is located at position 53.55223° latitude and -1.34761° longitude.

Latitude53.55223°
Longitude-1.34761°

What is the easting and northing of Great Houghton?

The centre of Great Houghton is located at the grid reference easting 443320 and northing 406376 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting443320
Northing406376

What are the nearest towns to Great Houghton?

Position of Great Houghton relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Great Houghton to the centre of the town.

north-west
1m
Great Houghton is 1 mile north-west of Thurnscoe
north-west
2m
Great Houghton is 2 miles north-west of Goldthorpe
north-west
3m
Great Houghton is 3 miles north-west of Bolton upon Dearne
north-east
3m
Great Houghton is 3 miles north-east of Wombwell
south
3m
Great Houghton is 3 miles south of South Kirkby
north
3m
Great Houghton is 3 miles north of Wath upon Dearne
south-west
4m
Great Houghton is 4 miles south-west of South Elmsall
south
4m
Great Houghton is 4 miles south of Hemsworth
north-west
5m
Great Houghton is 5 miles north-west of Mexborough
east
5m
Great Houghton is 5 miles east of Worsbrough

What are the nearest cities to Great Houghton?

Position of Great Houghton relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Great Houghton to the centre of the city.

west
9m
Great Houghton is 9 miles west of Doncaster
south-east
11m
Great Houghton is 11 miles south-east of Wakefield
north-east
13m
Great Houghton is 13 miles north-east of Sheffield
south-east
19m
Great Houghton is 19 miles south-east of Leeds
south-east
23m
Great Houghton is 23 miles south-east of Bradford
south
30m
Great Houghton is 30 miles south of York
east
37m
Great Houghton is 37 miles east of Manchester
east
39m
Great Houghton is 39 miles east of Salford
north-west
40m
Great Houghton is 40 miles north-west of Lincoln
south
41m
Great Houghton is 41 miles south of Ripon