| Static Image Name: | New Houghton - colliery and school.JPG |
| Static Image Caption: | Anthony Bek School, with Pleasley Colliery in background |
| Country: | England |
| Os Grid Reference: | SK4965 |
| Coordinates: | 53.182°N -1.253°W |
| Map Type: | Derbyshire |
| Dial Code: | 01623 |
| Official Name: | New Houghton |
| Shire District: | Bolsover |
| Shire County: | Derbyshire |
| Civil Parish: | Pleasley |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Post Town: | MANSFIELD |
| Postcode District: | NG19 |
| Postcode Area: | NG |
| Population: | 1453 |
| Population Ref: | (2020 estimate) |
| Constituency Westminster: | Bolsover |
| Website: | http://pleasleyparishcouncil.org.uk |
New Houghton is a former mining village in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England, 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.[1]
New Houghton was originally built in the 1890s to house workers from Pleasley Pit which was worked from 1874 until its closure in 1983,[2] when the remaining workable coal reserves were linked with and extracted via nearby Shirebrook Colliery.[3] [4]
The Pleasley and New Houghton school was erected in 1884 in Pleasley next to the border with New Houghton, 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.[5] It is now a primary school, with secondary education available at Shirebrook Academy.[6]
The village had a small church called Christ Church (now closed) on the Rotherham Road, next to the New Houghton Community Centre. The church was demolished to make way for housing on the 17th of April 2019.
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.
Train Services
The local stations for Pleasley were closed in 1930 (Midland Railway) and in 1931 (Great Northern Railway).[10] The nearest stations are now Mansfield, and Chesterfield. Footpaths and TrailsNew Houghton is linked to Pleasley via the border which is at the end of the Anthony Bek school playing field, a footbridge over the A617 connects to the rest of Pleasley.Trails.[11]