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the village in Leicestershire
Village near Leicester, England

Houghton on the Hill '/h//oʊ//t//ən/ is a village and civil parish lying 6 mile (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 2011 census was 1,524. An entry for Houghton on the Hill is recorded in the Domesday Book. In Dec 2007, the village made national news headlines, and was dubbed "the village of the scammed" when a large number of fraudulent credit card charges in the Far East were linked to the JET filling station. In Aug 2008, Sri Lankan born cashier, Nyal Rajput, was jailed for two years and nine months after admitting to the charge of obtaining property by deception. A total of £175,000 was stolen in the scam, which affected almost every house in the village.

The population of Houghton was 1,548. (2011 census) Many of Houghton's residents commute to Leicester, Uppingham (in Rutland) or other nearby towns. The village is the birthplace of the famed Australian landscape artist John Glover (1767 1849). The Manor of Houghton was owned by Thompson Family for many years until it was sold to George Anthony Legh Keck in 1805. It later passed to the Lilford Family until 1913 when it was sold. Since 2019, three new housing estates have been built on the outskirts of the village increasing the population significantly.

Every summer (since The Queen's Jubilee 2002) the village held its Summer Funday. This took place on a Saturday (1st weekend in July) and goes on all afternoon (starts with parade at 2:30). This event attracted all the villagers (young and old) who wished to participate from organising the events in the field and helping with the organising of the Fancy Dress competition to helping set up the stalls and gazebos on the main field at the back of the Pub. The Fun Day began with a parade from Paresh's former newsagent at 2:30 going down St Catharines Way past St Catharines Church, down Main Street and towards the field at the back of the Old Black Horse pub where the judging took place. In 2007 the Fun Day was not able to be held in July due to the field being waterlogged, but the Day was rescheduled to 8 September 2007. The 'Fun Day' has recently been restarted by a village fundraising group and is now called the Houghton Scarecrow Festival. It was first held in 2014, raising money for local groups and societies in the village.

Houghton on the Hill forms part of the Thurnby and Houghton ward of Harborough District Council, currently represented by three Liberal Democrats, including Liberal Democrat group leader on Harborough Council Simon Galton. Cllr Galton is also Houghton's representative and ex Liberal Democrat group leader on Leicestershire County Council, where the village forms part of the Launde division. Houghton is also a civil parish with a parish council made up of independent elected members. Houghton was, until 1997, part of the Harborough constituency at Westminster, represented by Edward Garnier. However, following boundary alterations that year, it was moved into the neighbouring constituency of Rutland and Melton, whose MP since 2019 has been Alicia Kearns.

There used to be a railway that ran through Ingarsby, approximately two miles north of Houghton. Its station was named Ingarsby for Houghton on the Hill owing to its use by commuters from the larger village. The railway line and station were closed in 1954, but both the station building and the station master's house remain in Ingarsby, having been converted to residential properties. The most notable sign of the railway's existence is a long unused rail tunnel. This is notable because one portal was demolished, leaving only one entry point and no exit.