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Where is Slack?

Slack is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, two miles north-west of the town of Hebden Bridge, eight miles west of the major town of Halifax, 159 miles south of Edinburgh, 164 miles north of Cardiff, and 174 miles north-west of London. Slack lies four miles east of the Lancashire border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Slack falls within the metropolitan district council of Calderdale. It is in the HX7 postcode district. The post town for Slack is Hebden Bridge.

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 roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities 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 HX7 7HG.

Where is Slack in HX7?

Slack is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the HX7 postcode district, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of the HX7 postcode district.

Map showing location of Slack within HX7
Location of Slack within HX7

What is the post town for Slack?

The post town for Slack is Hebden Bridge. Slack is in the HX7 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Hebden Bridge.

What is the latitude and longitude of Slack?

The centre of Slack is located at position 53.75526° latitude and -2.04367° longitude.

Latitude53.75526°
Longitude-2.04367°

What is the easting and northing of Slack?

The centre of Slack is located at the grid reference easting 397218 and northing 428767 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting397218
Northing428767

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.

north-west
2m
Slack is 2 miles north-west of Hebden Bridge
north-east
4m
Slack is 4 miles north-east of Todmorden
north-west
6m
Slack is 6 miles north-west of Sowerby Bridge
south-east
7m
Slack is 7 miles south-east of Trawden
north-east
7m
Slack is 7 miles north-east of Bacup
west
8m
Slack is 8 miles west of Halifax
north
8m
Slack is 8 miles north of Littleborough
north-east
9m
Slack is 9 miles north-east of Whitworth
east
9m
Slack is 9 miles east of Burnley
south-east
9m
Slack is 9 miles south-east of Colne

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.

west
12m
Slack is 12 miles west of Bradford
west
20m
Slack is 20 miles west of Leeds
north-east
21m
Slack is 21 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
22m
Slack is 22 miles north-east of Salford
west
23m
Slack is 23 miles west of Wakefield
east
27m
Slack is 27 miles east of Preston
south-west
34m
Slack is 34 miles south-west of Ripon
north-west
35m
Slack is 35 miles north-west of Sheffield
south-east
37m
Slack is 37 miles south-east of Lancaster
north-west
41m
Slack is 41 miles north-west of Doncaster