Creswell Model Village

Coordinates: 53°15′36″N 1°13′12″W / 53.260°N 1.220°W / 53.260; -1.220

Creswell Model Village
The houses that make up the Model Village display a range of decorative roofing styles.
Creswell Model Village  Creswell Model Village shown within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK521739
District	Bolsover
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WORKSOP
Postcode district	S80
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
EU Parliament	East Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire

Creswell Model Village is an arts and crafts style model village built in the English town of Creswell, Derbyshire in 1895 by the Bolsover Colliery Company, designed by architect Percy B. Houfton to accommodate the workers and families of the newly founded Creswell Colliery (on land leased from the Welbeck Estate). Influenced by garden village principles, its purpose was to provide the workers with modern facilities; the village even provided a miniature railway to deliver coal to the houses. Designed around a large village green the houses are of varying styles and form a large oval shape with an access road through the centre. 'The Model', as it is known, has recently been refurbished.

Located within the parish of Elmton-with-Creswell in the district of Bolsover on the North East edge of the county of Derbyshire.

See also

• Creswell, Derbyshire
• Creswell Crags

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