New Houghton
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 Anthony Bek School, with Pleasley Colliery in background |
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 New Houghton
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| New Houghton shown within Derbyshire | |
| Population | 2,073 for Pleasley Parish (Census 2001) |
| OS grid reference | SK4965 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANSFIELD |
| Postcode district | NG19 |
| Dialling code | 01623 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
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| Website | http://pleasleyparishcouncil.org.uk |
New Houghton is a small, rural, former coal-mining village in Derbyshire, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) from both Bolsover and Mansfield.
It lies within the civil parish of Pleasley. It is administered as part of the District of Bolsover. The area of Pleasley Parish Council includes Pleasley, New Houghton, Pleasley Vale and Stony Houghton.
New Houghton was originally built in the 1890s to house workers from Pleasley Pit which was worked from 1874 until its closure in 1983, when the remaining workable coal reserves were linked with and extracted via nearby Shirebrook Colliery.
The Pleasley and New Houghton school was erected in 1884, designed to accommodate 100 children. It is named Anthony Bek School, after a Lord of the Manor of Pleasley from 1293. Anthony Bek was also Bishop of Durham from 1283. It is now a primary school, with secondary education available at Shirebrook Academy.
The village had a small church called Christ Church (now closed) on the Rotherham Road, next to the New Houghton Community Centre.
Roads
New Houghton is on the B6417 Pleasley to Clowne road. The village is separated from Pleasley (and bounded on its south-west side) by the A617 Chesterfield to Mansfield road.
Bus Services
As at January 2011, there are hourly commercial bus services during the daytime on weekdays from the village centre on the Rotherham Road (B6417) to Mansfield, Bolsover and Sheffield. There also half-hourly services to Mansfield and Chesterfield from bus stops on the A617 to the south-west of the village. Evening and Sunday services run less frequently and are subsidised by Derbyshire County Council.
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