Clayton is a suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 and a ward in the south of Newcastle-under-Lyme

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town in Staffordshire, England, and is the principal town of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is part of The Potteries Urban Area and North Staffordshire. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 73,944...

, Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

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Today

Clayton lies on the boundary between urban and rural Staffordshire, not far from the Shropshire border. 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 Dukes of Sutherland, who once had a stately home at Trentham. One famous resident of Clayton was Clarice Cliff, the potter, who lived in a house at the top of Northwood Lane for many years.

Education

Clayton has one secondary school, Clayton Hall Business and Language College

Clayton Hall Business and Language College

Clayton Hall Business and Language College is a high school situated on the edge of Newcastle-under-Lyme in North Staffordshire.-Admissions:The school is based around a Grade II listed building referred to as The Old Hall. The rest of the school comprises a mixture of buildings dating from 1940–2007...

. It has been developed on the site of the 19th century Clayton Hall

Clayton Hall

Clayton Hall is on Ashton New Road, in Clayton, Manchester, hidden behind trees in a small park. The Hall is a Grade II* listed building, a scheduled ancient monument, and is a rare example of a medieval moated site ....

 and has around 1000 pupils from all over Newcastle-under-Lyme. It was previously named Clayton High School, until 2005, when the school became a Specialist School

Specialist school

The specialist schools programme was a UK government initiative which encouraged secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust was responsible for the delivery of the programme...

 in Business & Enterprise and Modern Languages.

Religion

The Catholic Church in Clayton is Our Lady and St Werburgh (www.ourladyandstwerburgh.co.uk) which has over 500 regular worshippers and the vibrant 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 (www.nslinkline.org.uk) 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.
Within Clayton is St James Church 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 the United Reformed Church

United Reformed Church

The United Reformed Church is a Christian church in the United Kingdom. It has approximately 68,000 members in 1,500 congregations with some 700 ministers.-Origins and history:...

 (URC). Brownies and Guides are normally held in the annex 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 URC Scouts. In Explorers the Duke of Edinburgh award can be taken.

Buses

Bus services are operated by First PMT (numbers 41 and 72) as well as D&G Buses, RML Travel and Bakers.

Road

The A519

A519 road

The A519 is a road in the United Kingdom that runs between Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire and Newport, Shropshire.At Newport it meets the A518 and A41...

 runs through Clayton between Newcastle-under-Lyme and the M6 motorway

M6 motorway

The M6 motorway runs from junction 19 of the M1 at the Catthorpe Interchange, near Rugby via Birmingham then heads north, passing Stoke-on-Trent, Manchester, Preston, Carlisle and terminating at the Gretna junction . Here, just short of the Scottish border it becomes the A74 which continues to...

 at junction 15, where the A500

A500 road

The A500 is a major primary A road in Staffordshire and Cheshire, England. It is dual carriageway for most of its length and connects Nantwich, junctions 16 and 15 of the M6 motorway with the city of Stoke-on-Trent...

 (located on the southern ouskirts of Clayton) runs to Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent , also called The Potteries is a city in Staffordshire, England, which forms a linear conurbation almost 12 miles long, with an area of . Together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Stoke forms The Potteries Urban Area...

.In the near-by Parish of the Westlands the A53, runs to Market Drayton & Shrewsbury.