Houghton on the Hill

Houghton on the Hill /ˈhoʊtən/ 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.

This article is about the village in Leicestershire. For the deserted village in Norfolk, see Houghton on the Hill, Norfolk.

Houghton on the Hill
Houghton on the Hill
Location within Leicestershire
Population1,524 (2011)
OS grid referenceSK6703
District
Shire county
  • Leicestershire
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLEICESTER
Postcode districtLE7
PoliceLeicestershire
FireLeicestershire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
  • Rutland and Melton

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.

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