Houghton (/ˈhaʊtən/) is a low-population, linear settlement with a large elevated tract of land which is mostly wooded and two main farms forming its civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, England.

It is on the River Arun, where it has a bridge to a rural part of Amberley, 3 miles (5 km) north of Arundel.

A straight side-road leads just 1 mile (1.6 km) to the nearest village with a convenience shop, Bury, still on the relatively flat eastern plain, at the foot of the hills.

[3] In the village is a simple two-cell church dedicated to St Nicholas, originally built in the 13th century but largely rebuilt in 1857.

[6] The Monarch's Way long-distance footpath (which follows Charles's supposed route from Worcester to Shoreham-by-Sea) descends from the Downs to the west into the village, before heading south along the river towards Arundel.