Clayton West

Coordinates: 53°35′42″N 1°36′38″W / 53.5951°N 1.6106°W / 53.5951; -1.6106

Clayton West
Clayton West station platform 1979
Clayton West  Clayton West shown within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough	Kirklees
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	HD8
Dialling code	01484
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
EU Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
UK Parliament	Dewsbury
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Clayton West is a village in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 2,648 (2001 census).^[1] and 2,704 in 2008.^[2] It is 9 miles (14 km) south east of Huddersfield and 7 miles (11 km) north west of Barnsley.

It is in the parish of Clayton West and High Hoyland. An attractive stone-built village, there is also a little light industry and a number of new housing developments.

Facilities in the village include a post office, a village store, four pubs and one school called Kayes First School.

It also has a Scout Group which offers access to a number of outdoor activities including archery, target shooting, kayaking and much more.

Clayton West is located between the villages of High Hoyland, Scissett and Skelmanthorpe.

The river that runs though the village is called the River Dearne and was part of the 2007 United Kingdom floods.

The village coal mine (pit), "Park Mill", closed in 1989, having been somewhat bypassed by the events of the strike.

The village used to have a train station on a branch of the Penistone Line. However the station along with Skelmanthorpe was closed in 1983. The Kirklees Light Railway now operates trains from the former station.

Clayton West is the home town of up-and-coming young rugby star, Andy Forsyth, who plays for Leicester Tigers and has represented England at Under 18 and Under 16 level.^[3]

Clayton West was occasionally used as a location for Britain's longest running comedy series Last of the Summer Wine, in which one of the village's four pubs, "The Shoulder of Mutton" in Church Lane, features prominently. Alas the village lost its post office in 2010.

Clayton West was the scene of a murder described by the police as a "brutal execution style murder" on 8th September 2009.

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ "Clayton West Settlement Profile". 2008. http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/community/statistics/census-by-town/settlements/Claytonw.pdf. Retrieved 16 September 2009. 
3. ^ [2]

External links

• Clayton West Scouts
• The Clayton West Branch Line website