Little Houghton, South Yorkshire

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For other places with the same name, see Little Houghton.

Little Houghton is a village in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley in South Yorkshire, England. Access to Little Houghton is gained by travelling along Middlecliff Lane. The larger village, of mainly council and ex-council houses is called Middlecliffe.

Little Houghton was previously the site of two large coal mines. Houghton Main was a deep shaft mine and Dearne Valley a drift mine. Both mines are now closed and their sites have been landscaped, which has been partly funded by money from the European Union. Before the coal mines, the village was involved in agriculture and there were two farms in the village with associated cottages. A few of the old farm buildings remain, but some have recently been converted into housing.