(1853–1941). He was a relative of Edward Whymper who, in 1865, led the first ascent of the Matterhorn; a model of the Matterhorn is in the garden and just visible from the green. The disused railway line runs through Houghton near the river. Feast week Every summer (normally the first fortnight of July) there is a week of community events, entitled "feast week". This has included a fun run, fayre and other sporting and fancy dress events. Education The only school in the village is Houghton Primary School for children aged five to eleven. The school straddles the boundary between Houghton and Wyton. Children from the school normally feed into St Peter's School, Huntingdon, although others go to St Ivo Academy, Hinchingbrooke School, or Abbey College, Ramsey. Notable residents and people associated with Houghton Christopher Biden (c. 1789 – 1858) was an officer in the East India Company Mercantile Marine Potto Brown (1797–1871), miller and philanthropist George Christopher Burder MC (died 17 April 1945 in Germany) formerly of Wyton Rectory and son of Revd. Claud Vernon Burder and Mary Gabrielle Fielding Burder. He has been described by the museum in Geffen, Netherlands as the 'hero of Geffen' Charles Whymper (1853–1941), artist John Leslie Green who was one of the nine VCs of the First Day of the Somme during the First World War John Galbraith Graham, crossword compiler and former minister at St Mary's Church, Houghton David McCandless, author (attended Houghton primary school) See also List of places in Cambridgeshire References External links www.hwmf.co.uk www.houghton.cambs.sch.uk Villages in Cambridgeshire Former civil parishes in Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire Populated places on the River Great Ouse