Houghton, Hampshire

Houghton
All Saints Church
Houghton is located in Hampshire
Houghton
Houghton
Location within Hampshire
Population474 (2011 Census)[1]
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStockbridge
Postcode districtSO20
Dialling code01794
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
Websitewww.houghton-hampshire.uk
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
51°05′11″N 1°30′46″W / 51.086280°N 1.512875°W / 51.086280; -1.512875

Houghton (/ˈhtən/ HOH-tən) is a small village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England. The village is situated alongside the River Test. Its nearest town is Stockbridge, which lies approximately 1.8 miles (3 km) to the north-east. The village is a dispersed linear settlement, mostly strung out along the single road through the village, which broadly follows the course of the River Test north-south. Houghton is dominated by substantial agricultural/sporting estates at each end, the Houghton Lodge estate [2] to the north and the Bossington estate [3] to the south. Each owns a number of properties in the village.

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  2. ^ Houghton Lodge
  3. ^ Bossington Estate