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Former names | Michelin Training Ground |
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Location | Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent |
Coordinates | 52°58′54″N 2°12′32″W / 52.98167°N 2.20889°W |
Owner | Stoke City |
Type | Sports facility |
Construction | |
Built | 2010 |
Opened | 2010 |
Tenants | |
Stoke City |
Clayton Wood is the training ground and academy of EFL Championship club Stoke City. [1]
In January 2009, Stoke City unveiled plans to redevelop their training ground at an initial cost of £5 million. [2] Stoke City were given planning permission by the Stoke-on-Trent City Council to construct the facility in May 2009; Stoke had previously been renting the site from the Michelin Tyre company. [3] The facility was designed by AFL architects who had previously designed Chelsea's Cobham Training Centre and Everton's Finch Farm. [4] The centre was built in time for the start of the 2010–11 season. [1]
In April 2012, Stoke announced £6 million expansions plans in order to meet the category one criteria in the Elite Player Performance Plan. [5] In November 2015, further plans were announced to expand the facility. [6] In summer of 2024 plans were unveiled for a £10 million improvement to Clayton Wood. [7]
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Former names | Michelin Training Ground |
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Location | Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent |
Coordinates | 52°58′54″N 2°12′32″W / 52.98167°N 2.20889°W |
Owner | Stoke City |
Type | Sports facility |
Construction | |
Built | 2010 |
Opened | 2010 |
Tenants | |
Stoke City |
Clayton Wood is the training ground and academy of EFL Championship club Stoke City. [1]
In January 2009, Stoke City unveiled plans to redevelop their training ground at an initial cost of £5 million. [2] Stoke City were given planning permission by the Stoke-on-Trent City Council to construct the facility in May 2009; Stoke had previously been renting the site from the Michelin Tyre company. [3] The facility was designed by AFL architects who had previously designed Chelsea's Cobham Training Centre and Everton's Finch Farm. [4] The centre was built in time for the start of the 2010–11 season. [1]
In April 2012, Stoke announced £6 million expansions plans in order to meet the category one criteria in the Elite Player Performance Plan. [5] In November 2015, further plans were announced to expand the facility. [6] In summer of 2024 plans were unveiled for a £10 million improvement to Clayton Wood. [7]