Houghton is a commuter village to the north of Carlisle within the City of Carlisle

City of Carlisle

The City of Carlisle is a local government district of Cumbria, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Carlisle, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Brampton and Longtown, as well as outlying villages...

 district of Cumbria

Cumbria

Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

, England

England

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. It has a sub post office

Post office

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/grocers shop; equestrian

Equestrianism

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 shop; hairdresser

Hairdresser

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s; a village hall

Village hall

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, a school for Key Stage 1 & 2 pupils and a St. John's church. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural

Stanwix Rural

Stanwix Rural is a civil parish in the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria immediately to the north east of Carlisle itself – parts of the Carlisle urban area are in the parish boundaries....

. Hadrian's Wall

Hadrian's Wall

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 runs past the village to the south along past Whiteclosegate

Whiteclosegate

Whiteclosegate is a hamlet in the City of Carlisle District of the county of Cumbria, England.- Location :It is on the B6264 road. Nearby settlements include the city of Carlisle, the villages of Houghton and Rickerby, the hamlets of Linstock and Tarraby and the residential areas of Kingstown and...

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A large garden centre

Garden centre

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 has opened in the grounds of Houghton Hall, a grade II listed structure.