Leicester or Uppingham with an hourly service at peak times. There is no evening or Sunday service. The service is under threat of closure from June 2019. The Rural Rider service that passed through the village was withdrawn in May 2015. Most residents commute by car. Teams There is also a football team (Houghton Rangers Football Club) who have a junior team set up as well as an adult team. They play on Weir Lane playing fields as well as a cricket team (Houghton Cricket Club) who play on Dixon's field in the southern end of the village next to the School. Village Hall There is a village hall situated in the centre of the village with a bowling green attached. Houghton has a scout troop ranging from Beavers to Explorers (Formerly Venture Scouts). There is also a Tennis Club situated on the Weir Lane Playing facilities. Newsletters The village has a monthly newsletter, the Houghton News, which features articles from various village groups, events listings, and reports from Parish Council meetings. Fun Day 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. Politics 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