Houghton is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south of the market town of Market Weighton.
It forms part of the civil parish of Sancton.
Houghton Hall was designated a Grade I listed building in 1952 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.
The name Houghton derives from either the Old English Hofatà «n meaning 'Hofa's settlement', or hà Âfetà «n meaning 'settlement growing with alehoof'.