Houghton on the Hill

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Houghton on the Hill

Total population

1,524

Coordinates52.63°, -1.00°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Houghton on the Hill is a village and civil parish lying six miles (10 km) to the east of Leicester in the Harborough district, in Leicestershire, East Midlands in England. The population of the civil parish at the 2021 census was 1,758.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Davitt Moroney

British musician

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Roger Pratt

British cinematographer (1947–2024)

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Bob Gerard

British racing driver

Emile Heskey

English association football player

John Deacon

British musician, bassist and songwriter (born 1951)

Jon Lord

English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player (1941–2012)

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Maurice Cann

British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer

Joseph Merrick

British man with severe deformities known as the Elephant Man

Parminder Nagra

British actress

Philippa of Lancaster

English noblewoman and Portuguese queen consort

Ben Hammersley

British journalist (b. 1976)

Katherine Grey

noblewoman; Potential successor to the English throne (1540-1568)

Peter Shilton

English footballer (born 1949)

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Sue Townsend

English writer and humorist

Rosie Winterton

British politician (born 1958)

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

English author (1743–1825)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Houghton on the Hill

Journal

Henry David Thoreau · 1906

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 1686

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer · 1478

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame · 1908

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton · 1920

House on Hound Hill

Maggie Prince · 1998

Bible

Bible · 1200

The Book of Lost Tales [1/2]

J.R.R. Tolkien · 1983

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium vulgare

Seen 2026-09-26

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-09-26

Western Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus

Seen 2026-09-26

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Seen 2026-09-26

sycamore maple

Acer pseudoplatanus

Seen 2026-09-26

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Seen 2026-09-26

Common Rough Woodlouse

Porcellio scaber

Seen 2026-09-26

Common Marble

Syricoris lacunana

Seen 2026-09-25

Double-striped Pug

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Seen 2026-09-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers