Creswell Model Village is an arts and crafts style model village

Model village

A model village is a type of mostly self-contained community, in most cases built from the late eighteenth century onwards by industrialists to house their workers...

 built in the English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 town of Creswell, Derbyshire

Creswell, Derbyshire

Creswell is a village located in Bolsover, near Worksop, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. It is best known for Creswell Crags and Creswell Model Village....

 in 1895 by the Bolsover Colliery Company

Bolsover Colliery Company

The Bolsover Colliery Company was a major mining concern established to extract coal from land owned by the Duke of Portland. At its peak the business was a constituent of the FT 30 index of leading companies on the London Stock Exchange.- History :...

, designed by architect Percy B. Houfton

Percy Bond Houfton

Percy Bond Houfton was a late-19th Century and early-20th Century architect. He became a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1925. His best known works were Woodlands model village in South Yorkshire , and Creswell Model Village in Derbyshire...

 to accommodate the workers and families of the newly founded Creswell Colliery (on land leased from the Welbeck

Welbeck

Welbeck is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, slightly to the south-west of Worksop.Welbeck became a coal-mining centre in 1912 and has a famous stately home, Welbeck Abbey, home of the Dukes of Portland, and which was founded in the twelfth century as a monastery.Among the famous people from...

 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

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 of Elmton-with-Creswell

Elmton-with-Creswell

Elmton-with-Creswell is a civil parish in the English county of Derbyshire.Forming part of Bolsover district its main settlements are Elmton, Creswell and Creswell Model Village.- External links :*...

 in the district of Bolsover

Bolsover (district)

Bolsover is a local government district in Derbyshire, England. Its main town is Bolsover.There are fourteen town and parish councils within the district.In addition to the town councils of Old Bolsover and Shirebrook, there are the parish councils of:...

 on the North East edge of the county of Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

.