Notable Residents
- Dennis Skinner was born and grew up in the town, and went to Tupton Hall Grammar School. He first worked at Parkhouse Colliery (known as Catty Pit) in 1949, a mile to the east of Clay Cross. The pit closed in 1962. He was a Clay Cross councillor from 1960–70, directly before becoming an MP in 1970.
- Eddie Shimwell, FA Cup footballer, licensee of the Royal Volunteer in Clay Cross.
- Arthur Henderson, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1934, when he was M.P. for Clay Cross
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