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Where is Slack?

Slack is located in the county of West Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, three miles south of the town of Sowerby Bridge, five miles south-west of the major town of Halifax, 160 miles north of Cardiff, 166 miles south of Edinburgh, and 167 miles north-west of London. Slack lies five miles north-east of the Greater Manchester border, and was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Slack falls within the metropolitan district council of Calderdale. It is in the HX4 postcode district. The post town for Slack is Halifax.

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 HX4 0DU.

Where is Slack in HX4?

Slack is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of the HX4 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the HX4 postcode district.

Map showing location of Slack within HX4
Location of Slack within HX4

What is the post town for Slack?

The post town for Slack is Halifax. Slack is in the HX4 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Halifax.

What is the latitude and longitude of Slack?

The centre of Slack is located at position 53.66926° latitude and -1.92579° longitude.

Latitude53.66926°
Longitude-1.92579°

What is the easting and northing of Slack?

The centre of Slack is located at the grid reference easting 405001 and northing 419201 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting405001
Northing419201

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
3m
Slack is 3 miles south of Sowerby Bridge
west
4m
Slack is 4 miles west of Elland
south-west
5m
Slack is 5 miles south-west of Halifax
south-east
6m
Slack is 6 miles south-east of Hebden Bridge
west
6m
Slack is 6 miles west of Huddersfield
north-west
6m
Slack is 6 miles north-west of Meltham
west
6m
Slack is 6 miles west of Brighouse
east
7m
Slack is 7 miles east of Littleborough
south-east
8m
Slack is 8 miles south-east of Todmorden
north-east
9m
Slack is 9 miles north-east of Milnrow

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
18m
Slack is 18 miles west of Wakefield
south-west
18m
Slack is 18 miles south-west of Leeds
north-east
19m
Slack is 19 miles north-east of Manchester
north-east
20m
Slack is 20 miles north-east of Salford
north-west
27m
Slack is 27 miles north-west of Sheffield
east
32m
Slack is 32 miles east of Preston
west
34m
Slack is 34 miles west of Doncaster
south-west
36m
Slack is 36 miles south-west of Ripon
south-west
40m
Slack is 40 miles south-west of York