Clayton-le-Dale
Clayton-le-Dale is a village and civil parish situated on the A59 road near Blackburn, in Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish as of the 2011 census was 1,228. The village is in the Ribble Valley local government district.
The parish is mainly agricultural. 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 and supplying Asda and Booths supermarkets, as well as producing unusual flavours of ice cream including black pudding flavour.
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.
See also
References
- ^ Lancashire Parish Portal
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Clayton-le-Dale Parish (1170215102)". Nomis. 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
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