CLAYTON, SUSSEX

'Clayton' is a small village at the foot of the South Downs in West Sussex, England. On the hill above is situated Clayton Windmills.

== Clayton Tunnel ==
The entrance to the longest tunnel (1.25 miles) long on the London to Brighton railway line begins in Clayton and runs up to 270 ft below ground. The tunnel was built in the 1840's and cost £90,000. The farmer who owned the land would not grant access to the tunnel unless an edifice was built at its entrance.
The railway company built a castellated entrance around the tunnel.

In 1861 there was a collision at Clayton Tunnel between two trains killing 25 people and injuring 176 others, it was to become know as the Clayton Tunnel rail crash .

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Clayton Church

Clayton Church

The Little Church parish church of St. John the Baptist is a beautiful Anglo-Saxon Church has a squat bell turret of shingles with a fine wrought iron weather vane dated 1781.

With some magnificent wall murals the Last Judgement from the mid 12th Century (1150-1200). These murals, unique in England for their date and extent, were first brought to light during repair work in 1893 were probably painted by artists from St Pancras Priory in Lewes.