Neighbours living on a modern Nottinghamshire housing development have spoken about how they have the best of both worlds as they open up about their community.
The Hollygate Park estate is situated on the outskirts of the town, next to Cotgrave Country Park. Barrett Homes states the 34-acre Hollygate Park site stood derelict since Cotgrave colliery closed in the early 1990s. Construction work on the 470 new home The £100m development started in December 2014, with it being completed e a few years ago by Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes.
Neighbours on the estate have spoken about how much they enjoy living there - although some believe the introduction of more facilities like a shop and a pub on the site would make life even better.