[5] Features of interest include the wall paintings, sculpture, stained glass, benches and stalls.

The Conquestbury manor house stood near the southeast end of the village on the ground now known as Bury Farm, adjacent to London Lane.

In 1794, Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford stripped Houghton House of its furnishings and removed the roof.

The village is located in the northern part of Central Bedfordshire, on the border with the Borough of Bedford.

Local amenities include a village shop, post office, Houghton Conquest Lower School, a village hall, and three pubs named "The Knife and Cleaver",[10] "The Royal Oak"[11] and "The Chequers".