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Clayton-le-Woods
Village in Lancashire, England

Clayton-le-Woods

Clayton-le-Woods is a large village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England.

Plan a trip to Clayton-le-Woods→From Liverpool

According to the census of 2001, it has a population of 14,528. At the 2011 census the population of Cuerden civil parish was included within Clayton-le-Woods, giving a total of 14,532.

How locals move

Getting around Clayton-le-Woods the local way

  • Get inFerries ply to Liverpool from: Dublin twice a day (P & O, 8 hours), though there are faster sailings from Dublin to Holyhead in North Wales.
  • Get inBelfast twice a day (Stena Line, 8 hours) Douglas Isle of Man three per day (Isle of Man Steam Packet, 2 hour 45 min); Douglas also has ferries to Heysham near Morecambe.
  • Get aroundLancashire is increasingly a cycle friendly place for on- and off-road cyclists.
  • Go nextOr hop on a ferry to Ireland or the Isle of Man.

From Wikivoyage: Lancashire, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-07.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: RXUYDC at en.wikipedia (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.