| Clayton | |
|---|---|
 Church of St James the Great in Clayton | |
  Clayton Location within Staffordshire | |
| Population | 4,026 (2001 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SJ849433 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWCASTLE |
| Postcode district | ST5 |
| Dialling code | 01782 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Clayton is a suburb and a ward in the Newcastle-under-Lyme district, in the county of Staffordshire, England.
Clayton lies on the boundary between urban and rural Staffordshire, not far from Newcastle's border with the Borough of Stafford. 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 Duke of Sutherland, who owned the Trentham Estate.
Towards Trent Vale is the Clayton Wood Training Ground and the football academy of Stoke City F.C.
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 [1] from all over Newcastle-under-Lyme. Until 2005 it was named Clayton High School. Then the school became a specialist school in Business & Enterprise and Modern Languages and was renamed Clayton Hall Business and Language College. The school converted to academy status in 2015 and was renamed again to Clayton Hall Academy.
The Catholic Church in Clayton is Our Lady and St Werburgh [2] which has over 500 regular worshippers and the primary school judged by Ofsted as 'outstanding' in every category. The parish runs three youth groups, an over 55s group, a parents and toddlers group, various parish house groups as well as running LinkLine. [3] LinkLine is a charity that rings up housebound elderly people for a regular weekly chat to show that they are loved and offer help in various ways.
There is also, based in the Parish Hall, one of the longest running Before and After School Clubs in the area, Wise Owls Care Club [4] which provides Before and After School Care and a Holiday Scheme for the children who attend the school.
Within Clayton is St James Church [5] which has a blue/green roof - originally copper, over the years with weather conditions has become this natural colour. This is an Anglican church where there is a Sunday School for children of any age. The school is held in the church hall at the same time as the main service is taken.
Another nearby church is Newcastle Baptist Church (NBC). Rainbows, Brownies and Guides (Girlguiding) are held in the onsite community hall and Beavers, Cubs and Scouts are held in the den along with Explorers. These are held on a week night and there are two scout groups to go to; on Monday the Spitfires and Wednesday the Harriers. They were named after planes and are used to tell the two groups apart as they are both called 79th NBC Scouts. In Explorers the Duke of Edinburgh award can be taken. The site where the church is situated used to be part of the United Reformed Church before it changed to NBC in 2012. Since then, extensive work has been undertaken to create a new entrance and a community building at the rear of the site.
There is a hospital and a hotel on Clayton Rd (the A519).
The hospital is the Nuffield Health North Staffordshire Hospital. [6] It was opened in 1978 and is a purpose-built, well-equipped, private healthcare facility with two operating theatres, one minor/endoscopy suite and 40 en suite bedrooms.
Close to Junction 15 of the M6 is the Holiday Inn [7]
There used to be another hotel next to the Nuffield Hospital called the Ramada Clayton Lodge Hotel, then called the Great National, Clayton. In 2017 it changed ownership and its name back to Clayton Lodge. It was not popular in Tripadvisor. It finally closed to guests in April 2020 and in 2021, a 'severe fire' broke out, causing serious damage and it then closed down for good. [8] In 2023 it was demolished. In 2024 the site is being redeveloped for 48 new homes. [9]
At the top of Northwood Lane are the Clayton Community Centre [10] which has two rooms for hire, (one for dancing and one for meetings) and the Northwood Garden Centre. [11] The Garden Centre has a café with a good view across to the bet365 Stadium
Clayton was formerly a township in the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, [12] 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. [13] In 1931 the parish had a population of 264. [14]
A half-hourly Bus service is operated by D&G Bus (number 9).
The A519 south to Eccleshall and Newport, Shropshire runs through Clayton between Newcastle-under-Lyme and the M6 motorway at junction 15, where the A500 (located on the southern outskirts of Clayton) runs to Stoke-on-Trent. To the west, in the nearby ward of the Westlands is the A53, which runs to Market Drayton and Shrewsbury.
Staffordshire is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the south-east, the West Midlands county and Worcestershire to the south, and Shropshire to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and the county town is Stafford.
Stoke-on-Trent is a city and unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of 36 square miles (93 km2). In 2021, the city had an estimated population of 258,400. It is the largest settlement in Staffordshire and is surrounded by the towns of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Alsager, Kidsgrove and Biddulph, which form a conurbation around the city.
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Barlaston is a village and civil parish in the borough of Stafford in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is roughly halfway between the city of Stoke-on-Trent and the small town of Stone. According to the 2001 census the population of the parish was 2,659, rising at the 2011 Census to 2,858.
Trentham is a suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in North Staffordshire, England, south-west of the city centre and south of the neighbouring town of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is separated from the main urban area by open space and by the Trent and Mersey Canal and the River Trent, giving it the feel of a village.
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Audley is a large village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Audley Rural, in the Newcastle-under-Lyme district, in Staffordshire, England. It is the centre of Audley Rural parish, approximately four miles north west of Newcastle-under-Lyme and 3 miles from Alsager near the Staffordshire-Cheshire border.
Sneyd Green is an area in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, in the north-east of the city, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Hanley. Sneyd Green borders Smallthorne in the north, Milton in the east, Birches Head in the south, and Cobridge in the west.
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