Clayton-le-Dale is a village and civil parish[1] situated on the A59 road near Blackburn, in Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 1,228.[2] The village is in the Ribble Valley local government district.

Clayton-le-Dale
Clayton-le-Dale is located in the Borough of Ribble Valley
Clayton-le-Dale
Clayton-le-Dale
Shown within Ribble Valley
Clayton-le-Dale is located in Lancashire
Clayton-le-Dale
Clayton-le-Dale
Location within Lancashire
Population1,228 (2011)
OS grid referenceSD6733
Civil parish
  • Clayton-le-Dale
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBLACKBURN
Postcode districtBB1
Dialling code01254
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lancashire
53°47′48″N 2°29′37″W / 53.7966°N 2.4935°W / 53.7966; -2.4935

The parish is mainly agricultural.[1] Since the foot-and-mouth crisis in 2001 local businesses have started to diversify; for example Dowsons started making ice cream on their dairy farm[3] and supplying Asda and Booths supermarkets, as well as producing unusual flavours of ice cream including black pudding flavour.[4]

Other examples of diversification in Clayton-le-Dale include tourism, and the development of industrial units in the village with Fairfield Business Park giving home to companies such as Ski & Trek, Evabel Ltd, Paul Case Furniture, and Mellor Cars.[5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Lancashire Parish Portal
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Clayton-le-Dale Parish (1170215102)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ "BBC - Lancashire - Radio Lancashire - Food glorious Lancashire food!". Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Lancashire goes loopy for bizarre ice cream flavours - Food Manufacture". Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  5. ^ Grant boost for schemes to help rural recovery – Clitheroe Today

External links edit

  Media related to Clayton-le-Dale at Wikimedia Commons