[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.

The village is separated from Pleasley (and bounded on its south-west side) by the A617 Chesterfield to Mansfield road.

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.

Footpaths and Trails New 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.