Creswell Model Village is an arts and crafts style
model village in the village of
Creswell, Derbyshire, England. The
pit village was built in 1895 by the
Bolsover Colliery Company to designs by architect
Percy B. Houfton for the workers of Creswell Colliery on land leased from the
Welbeck Estate. Influenced by garden village principles, it provided the workers with modern facilities; it had a
tramway to deliver coal to the houses. Designed around a large oval
village green with an access road through the centre, the houses are of varying styles.
The Model as it is known, has been refurbished.