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Where is Clayton?

Clayton is located in the county of South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, one mile north of the town of Thurnscoe, seven miles east of the major town of Barnsley, and 150 miles north of London. Clayton lies just south-east of the West Yorkshire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Clayton falls within the metropolitan district council of Doncaster. It is in the DN5 postcode district. The post town for Clayton is Doncaster.

Clayton on a map

Map showing extent of Clayton as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Clayton
Map showing location of Clayton within the UK
Location of Clayton within the UK

Which county is Clayton in?

Clayton is in the ceremonial county of South Yorkshire, and the historic county of Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountySouth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Clayton in South Yorkshire?

Clayton is situated towards the northernmost extremity of South Yorkshire, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of South Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Clayton within South Yorkshire
Location of Clayton within South Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Clayton?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Clayton is DN5 7BZ.

Where is Clayton in DN5?

Clayton is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the DN5 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the DN5 postcode district.

Map showing location of Clayton within DN5
Location of Clayton within DN5

What is the post town for Clayton?

The post town for Clayton is Doncaster. Clayton is in the DN5 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Doncaster.

What is the latitude and longitude of Clayton?

The centre of Clayton is located at position 53.56467° latitude and -1.31587° longitude.

Latitude53.56467°
Longitude-1.31587°

What is the easting and northing of Clayton?

The centre of Clayton is located at the grid reference easting 445409 and northing 407779 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting445409
Northing407779

What are the nearest towns to Clayton?

Position of Clayton relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Clayton to the centre of the town.

north
1m
Clayton is 1 mile north of Thurnscoe
south
2m
Clayton is 2 miles south of South Kirkby
north
2m
Clayton is 2 miles north of Goldthorpe
south-west
2m
Clayton is 2 miles south-west of South Elmsall
north
3m
Clayton is 3 miles north of Bolton upon Dearne
south-east
4m
Clayton is 4 miles south-east of Hemsworth
north
4m
Clayton is 4 miles north of Wath upon Dearne
north-east
4m
Clayton is 4 miles north-east of Wombwell
north
5m
Clayton is 5 miles north of Mexborough
west
5m
Clayton is 5 miles west of Adwick le Street

What are the nearest cities to Clayton?

Position of Clayton relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Clayton to the centre of the city.

west
8m
Clayton is 8 miles west of Doncaster
south-east
11m
Clayton is 11 miles south-east of Wakefield
north-east
14m
Clayton is 14 miles north-east of Sheffield
south-east
19m
Clayton is 19 miles south-east of Leeds
south-east
24m
Clayton is 24 miles south-east of Bradford
south
29m
Clayton is 29 miles south of York
east
39m
Clayton is 39 miles east of Manchester
north-west
39m
Clayton is 39 miles north-west of Lincoln
south
40m
Clayton is 40 miles south of Ripon
east
41m
Clayton is 41 miles east of Salford