Stony Houghton is a

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near

Glapwell Glapwell is a village and civil parish on the A617 road in the Bolsover District of north east Derbyshire, between the towns of Chesterfield (7 miles) and Mansfield (5 miles) and Bolsover (3 miles to the north). With 1,467 residents, increasing ...

, part of the parish of

Pleasley Pleasley is a village and civil parish with parts in both Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. It lies between Chesterfield and Mansfield, south east of Bolsover, Derbyshire, England and north west of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The River Meden, w ...

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands, England. It includes much of the Peak District National Park, the southern end of the Pennine range of hills and part of the National Forest. It borders Greater Manchester to the nor ...

, England, close to

New Houghton New Houghton is a former mining village in the Bolsover District of Derbyshire, England, from both Bolsover and Mansfield. Governance It lies within the civil parish of Pleasley. It is administered as part of the District of Bolsover. The are ...

. It is a very quiet area consisting of only a few residential properties amidst farmland and farmsteads, retaining a peaceful environment with attractive scenery and landscape. The roads are quiet with no pedestrian footways. Horse riders are known to use the roads so drivers need to exercise caution. The building pictured has now been sympathetically restored and modernised, maintaining the traditional rural setting of previous years. Some of the properties around Stoney Houghton are Chatsworth Estate

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s, which are rented out to tenants who may be related to previous estate workers who have traditionally rented over the past years. One bus route travels through the village run by

Stagecoach in Mansfield Stagecoach in Mansfield is a bus operator providing bus services in Mansfield and surrounding areas. It is a subsidiary of Stagecoach East Midlands, a subdivision of the Stagecoach Group. They have around 60 buses and 200 employees who carry m ...

. Scarcliffe Woods are nearby, offering easy access to walking amenities.

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Bolsover District Hamlets in Derbyshire {{Derbyshire-geo-stub