Harborough District Leicestershire England United Kingdom
52.6259733,-0.9970945
Houghton on the Hill
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 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.
Distance between:
London to Houghton on the Hill86 Miles / 138 Kms Liverpool to Houghton on the Hill99 Miles / 160 Kms
52.6259733,-0.9970945