New Bolsover Model Village
Introduction
The photograph on this page of New Bolsover Model Village by Graham Hogg as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Graham Hogg Taken: 17 Dec 2013
The village was built in the 1890s to house workers of Bolsover Colliery. The houses front on to a tree-lined village green. It is considered to be one of the finest examples of colliery village planning in the country.