Little Houghton is a village and civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 in Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

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, England, located about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Northampton

Northampton

Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...

. At the time of the 2001 census

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....

, the parish's population was 367 people.

Just off the A428

A428 road

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 road between Bedford

Bedford

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 and Northampton, the village overlooks old gravel pit

Gravel pit

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s, (now converted to reservoirs) and a canal. Just across the valley is Billing Aquadrome

Billing Aquadrome

Billing Aquadrome is a leisure park in Great Billing, in the eastern district of Northampton, England. Facilities within the 235-acre park, which is based around various mature gravel pits, include a caravan site, marina and funfair...

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To the north at Clifford Hill by the river Nene is the surviving motte of Little Houghton Castle.