page_title: Houghton, Cambridgeshire
section_title: Other Places of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Houghton, Cambridgeshire / Other Places of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: Monument to Potto Brown, Houghton, Cambridgeshire. This is a photo of listed building number 1163410.
context_page_description: Houghton is a village in Cambridgeshire, England. Houghton lies approximately 3 miles east of Huntingdon on the A1123 road, and not far south of RAF Wyton. This village lies on the north bank of the River Great Ouse, where Houghton Mill is located.
  Houghton is in the civil parish of Houghton and Wyton. Houghton is situated within Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic county of England. Houghton was named one of the "Best Places to Live in the east" by The Sunday Times in 2016.
context_section_description: At the centre of the village is an area known as the village green, although it is completely paved. The centrepiece of the green is a thatched clock tower.  Adjacent to the tower is a monumental bust of former village resident Potto Brown (1797–1871), a miller and nonconformist philanthropist. Also on the green are an old water pump and a traditional Red telephone box. 
  It is possible to walk from Houghton to Hemingford Abbots across the flood meadows, and to St Ives along the Thicket Path.  There is a nature reserve (Wildlife Trust) along the Thicket Path known as Houghton Meadows ("Far Close") that shows markings of traditional ridge and furrow farming.
  In the village centre there is a War memorial hall.
  On Houghton Hill there is a cemetery.
  There used to be two veterinary poultry research centres, one on Houghton Hill and the other in "The Elms".
  There are a number of old houses of interest, particularly in the village green and near the playing field.  The playing field is used for football, tennis and cricket.  On the field there is a bowling club, cricket pavilion, tennis courts, football pitch and a scout hut.
  At the village green is the former home of artist Charles Whymper (1853–1941).  He was a relative of Edward Whymper who led the first ascent of the Matterhorn, in which members of the team (including schoolboy Douglas Hadow died during the descent under what some consider controversial circumstances.  A model of the mountain is in the garden and just visible from the green.
  The disused railway line runs through Houghton near the river.
caption: Statue of Potto Brown (1797–1871), miller and philanthropist
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