is a large village and
Civil Parish of the
Borough Of Chorley , in
Lancashire ,
England . According to the
United Kingdom Census 2001 it has a population of 14,528.
Clayton-le-Woods CP (Parish) . URL accessed 30 June 2007.
Situated to the north of the town of
Chorley , Clayton-le-Woods is only a few miles from the city of
Preston and next door to the small towns of
Leyland and
Bamber Bridge . Clayton-le-Woods is seen as being a leafy green middle class suburban area where the majority of people are white Britons.
The village is divided in two by Cuerden Valley Park and the
River Lostock , the western part bordering
Leyland and the eastern bordering
Whittle-le-Woods .
The village is close to different junctions of the motorway network, junctions 28 & 29 of the
M6 , junction 8 of the
M61 , and junction 2 of the
M65 .
The village has five primary schools in its vicinity, which demonstrates its suburban middle class status. The primary schools are, Clayton-le-Woods CE, Lancaster Lane, Westwood Road, Manor Road and St Bedes RC.
