'Bentley New Village' represents the model colliery village rapidly developed following the sinking of the first shaft of Bentley Colliery (HSY144) from 1905 - 7. The differing types of housing and plan forms (with both grid iron terraced housing and geometric 'garden village' influenced housing represented by 1930 is suggestive of a change in policy over time with separate instances of development although the lack of OS resurvey in this area between these dates means that it is difficult to phase the development of the 'New Village'. This area of 'New Village' consists of a formal sports and recreation ground largely unaltered since the 1930 OS plan and includes a Cricket Ground, Football Ground, Tennis Courts, Bowling Greens and clubhouse. The football ground is a rare example of an unaltered early twentieth century ground with no stands of any size, the spectators provided for with no more than earthwork banks (commonly referred to at UK football as 'Kops'). No legibility of earlier landscapes.