Clayton, Staffordshire
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Clayton is a suburb and
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in the
Newcastle-under-Lyme Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It is adjacent to the city of Stoke-on-Trent. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the population ...
district, in
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, England.


Today

Clayton lies on the boundary between urban and rural Staffordshire, not far from Newcastle's border with the
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. The older part of the village stands on top of a hill, Northwood Lane, and some of these older houses were once gardeners' cottages on the Staffordshire estates of the
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, who owned the Trentham Estate. Towards Trent Vale is the Clayton Wood Training Ground and the football academy of
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Education

Clayton has one secondary school, Clayton Hall Academy. It has been developed on the site of the 19th century Clayton Hall and has around 1000 pupils. Until 2005 it was named Clayton High School. The school then became a
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in Business & Enterprise and Modern Languages and was hence renamed Clayton Hall Business and Language College. The school converted to academy status in 2015 and was then renamed Clayton Hall Academy. The school was deemed Good by
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in the most recent inspection.


Religion

Clayton has a Catholic church, Our Lady and St Werburgh, which has over 500 regular worshippers. The neighbouring Catholic primary school of the same name was deemed Good by Ofsted in the most recent inspection. The parish runs a youth group, an over-55s group, and a parents and toddlers group. The church also runs a charity, LinkLine, which provides weekly over-the-phone support and companionship to housebound elderly people in the community. St James the Great is the local Anglican church. It has a distinctive blue-green
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roof, originally orange-red in colour, a result of oxidation over time. The church runs a Sunday School for children. St Luke's is the local Methodist church. It runs a 'senior moments' club and hosts concerts throughout the year. What is today Newcastle
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Church (NBC) converted to a Baptist church in 2012; prior to this, it was part of the
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. Since then, extensive building work has been done to create a new entrance and a community building at the rear of the site.


Other amenities

There is a hospital and a hotel on Clayton Rd (the A519). The hospital is the
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North Staffordshire Hospital. It was opened in 1978 and is a purpose-built private healthcare facility with two operating theatres, one minor/
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suite and 40 en-suite bedrooms. Close to Junction 15 of the M6 is a
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. There was previously another hotel in Clayton, which changed hands (and names) several times; it was the Ramada Clayton Lodge Hotel, then the Great National, Clayton. In 2017 it changed ownership and its name was again Clayton Lodge. It closed to guests in April 2020 and, in April 2021, a severe fire broke out, causing serious damage to the building. It was demolished in 2023. As of 2024 the site is being redeveloped for 48 new homes. At the top of Northwood Lane are Clayton Community Centre and the family-run Northwood Garden Centre.


Civil parish

Clayton was formerly a
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in the parish of
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, from 1896 Clayton was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Newcastle under Lyme. In 1931 the parish had a population of 264.


Transport


Buses

A bus service is operated by D&G Bus (number 9) which runs between Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stoke-on-Trent and
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. From Monday-Friday this is a half-hourly service, and on Saturday an hourly service. The bus route does not run on Sundays.


Road

The A519 runs south through Clayton towards
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and
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via junction 15 of the
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. Junction 15 also marks the southern end of the A500, which runs north through
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and west towards
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. In the neighbouring ward of the Westlands is the A53 (locally known as the 'D-road'), which runs south-west to
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and
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and north-east into the
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.


Notable people

* Clarice Cliff, (1899–1972) English
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active from 1922 to 1963, lived in Chetwynd House on Northwood Lane from 1940 until her death in 1972. * Raymond Furnell (1936–2006) vicar of Clayton 1969–1975 and
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from 1994–2003. * Peter Nigel Gill (born 1947 in Clayton) former English cricketer, right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. * Eddie Hall (1988–) English professional strongman, notable for winning the World's Strongest Man 2017 competition and for being the world record deadlift holder, lifting 500 kg.


See also

*
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References

{{Reflist Populated places in Staffordshire Former civil parishes in Staffordshire Newcastle-under-Lyme