(Hamlet near Outlane)
Traditional county: West Yorkshire · District / Borough: Kirklees · Region: Yorkshire and the Humber
Explore Slack, West Yorkshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Slack map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| Place | Slack |
| Traditional County | West Yorkshire |
| District / Borough | Kirklees |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.653662 |
| Longitude | -1.874959 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Slack unfurls its modest presence in the folds of West Yorkshire. It lies 4.3 km south-west of Elland (from Elland: bearing 216°T, OS grid SE 083 174), and is situated south-south-west of Outlane village. The air here, carrying the faintest scent of damp earth and distant sheep, seems to hold a quiet resilience, a quality honed by generations who have worked this land. Though the grand pronouncements of history may pass it by, Slack possesses a subtle dignity, evident in the weathered stone of its older dwellings and the gentle slope of its surrounding fields, which catch the afternoon sun in broad, golden swathes. The landscape, a thoughtful arrangement of hedgerows and pasture, hints at a continuity that has endured through changing times.
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Explore Slack, West Yorkshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.653662, -1.874959. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |