Clayton-le-Dale
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Clayton-le-Dale | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | BLACKBURN | |
Postcode district | BB1 | |
Dialling code | 01254 | |
Police | Lancashire | |
Fire | Lancashire | |
Ambulance | North West | |
UK Parliament | ||
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.
The parish is mainly
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
References
- ^ a b Lancashire Parish Portal
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "BBC - Lancashire - Radio Lancashire - Food glorious Lancashire food!". Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Lancashire goes loopy for bizarre ice cream flavours - Food Manufacture". Archived from the original on 9 June 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
- ^ Grant boost for schemes to help rural recovery – Clitheroe Today
External links
Media related to Clayton-le-Dale at Wikimedia Commons