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Where is Slack?

Slack is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, three miles south-west of the town of Elland, four miles west of the major town of Huddersfield, 160 miles north of Cardiff, and 165 miles north-west of London. Slack lies six miles north-east of the Greater Manchester border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Slack falls within the metropolitan district council of Kirklees. It is in the HD3 postcode district. The post town for Slack is Huddersfield.

Slack on a map

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

Which county is Slack in?

Slack is in the ceremonial county of West Yorkshire, and the historic county of Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountyWest Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire

Where is Slack in West Yorkshire?

Slack is situated towards the southernmost extremity of West Yorkshire, and towards the westernmost extremity of West Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Slack within West Yorkshire
Location of Slack within West Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Slack?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Slack is HD3 3FE.

Where is Slack in HD3?

Slack is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the HD3 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the HD3 postcode district.

Map showing location of Slack within HD3
Location of Slack within HD3

What is the post town for Slack?

The post town for Slack is Huddersfield. Slack is in the HD3 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Huddersfield.

What is the latitude and longitude of Slack?

The centre of Slack is located at position 53.65366° latitude and -1.87496° longitude.

Latitude53.65366°
Longitude-1.87496°

What is the easting and northing of Slack?

The centre of Slack is located at the grid reference easting 408362 and northing 417470 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting408362
Northing417470

What are the nearest towns to Slack?

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

south-west
3m
Slack is 3 miles south-west of Elland
west
4m
Slack is 4 miles west of Huddersfield
north
4m
Slack is 4 miles north of Meltham
south-east
4m
Slack is 4 miles south-east of Sowerby Bridge
south
5m
Slack is 5 miles south of Halifax
south-west
5m
Slack is 5 miles south-west of Brighouse
north-west
7m
Slack is 7 miles north-west of Holmfirth
west
7m
Slack is 7 miles west of Mirfield
south-west
8m
Slack is 8 miles south-west of Cleckheaton
south-west
8m
Slack is 8 miles south-west of Liversedge

What are the nearest cities to Slack?

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

south-west
11m
Slack is 11 miles south-west of Bradford
west
16m
Slack is 16 miles west of Wakefield
south-west
17m
Slack is 17 miles south-west of Leeds
north-east
19m
Slack is 19 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
21m
Slack is 21 miles north-east of Salford
north-west
25m
Slack is 25 miles north-west of Sheffield
west
32m
Slack is 32 miles west of Doncaster
east
35m
Slack is 35 miles east of Preston
south-west
36m
Slack is 36 miles south-west of Ripon
south-west
39m
Slack is 39 miles south-west of York