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Hanging Houghton

Hanging Houghton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lamport, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England.

The place

Hanging Houghton is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Lamport, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is on the A508 road between Brixworth and Lamport. In 1931 the parish had a population of 84.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Hanging Houghton

7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    All Saints' Church, Brixworth

    All Saints' Church, Brixworth, now the parish church of Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England, is a leading example of early Anglo-Saxon architecture. It is the largest English church that remains substantially as it was in the Anglo-Saxon era.

    2.6 km · historic church in Brixworth, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Church of St Andrew

    St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church and the parish church of Old, Northamptonshire. It is a Grade I listed building and stands at Church Lane, on the south side of the village.

    3.3 km · Grade I listed church in Old, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    St Catherine's Church, Draughton

    St Catherine's Church is an Anglican Church and the parish church of Draughton in Northamptonshire. It is a Grade II* listed building and stands in the village of Draughton.

    3.2 km · church in Draughton, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Church of St Mary the Virgin

    St Mary the Virgin's Church is an Anglican Church and the parish church of Maidwell, Northamptonshire. It is a Grade II* listed building and stands on the south side of Draughton Road.

    3.2 km · church in Maidwell, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Church of All Saints, Lamport

    The Church of All Saints is the Church of England parish church of Lamport, Northamptonshire. It is a Grade I listed building and stands on the north side of the High Street.

    1 km · church in Lamport, Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Lamport Hall

    Lamport Hall in Lamport, Northamptonshire is a fine example of a Grade I listed building. It was developed from a Tudor manor but is now notable for its classical frontage.

    900 m · Grade I listed country house in Northamptonshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Brixworth Abbey

    Brixworth Abbey was a monastic house in Northamptonshire, England. The church, thought to have been of basilican plan, was devastated during the Danish invasion of 876, and converted into All Saints' Church in the tenth century, when the original western entrance was formed into a tower.

    2.6 km · monastery in Northamptonshire, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hanging Houghton

Airports
Birmingham (BHX), 59 km · East Midlands (EMA), 60 km · London Luton (LTN), 65 km
Stations
Brixworth railway station, 2.4 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Hanging Houghton
    70 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · £7–10
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Hanging Houghton
    69 km · quickest by road, 1h 41m · £9–11
  • Luton, Luton → Hanging Houghton
    62 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · £6–8
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No local-transport research exists yet for Hanging Houghton

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hanging Houghton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    188 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    291 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    408 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    453 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    488 km

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Around it

Next door to Hanging Houghton

Hanging Houghton is 35 km from Leicester, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Brixworthvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England3.1 km
  • Scaldwellvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom1.7 km
  • Oldvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom3.2 km
  • Maidwellvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, UK2.9 km
  • Draughtonvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, United Kingdom3.1 km
  • Lamportvillage and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, UK800 m