Slack Head
Slack Head, sometimes written Slackhead, is a hamlet near Beetham, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is in Beetham civil parish. It is a purely residential area, with a postbox as its only facility.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Slackhead”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heron Corn Mill and St Michael’s Church, Beetham.
Heron Corn Mill
Museum
Photo: N T Stobbs, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Heron Corn Mill is a working 18th-century water mill on the River Bela at Beetham, Cumbria, England. The mill and its mill race are Grade II* listed, and in 2013 it was awarded a £939,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund for major restoration work.
St Michael’s Church, Beetham
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael's Church is in the village of Beetham, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Kendal, the archdeaconry of Westmoreland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
Zoo
The Lakeland Wildlife Oasis is a small zoological collection near the town of Milnthorpe, Cumbria, England, with a science and evolution theme. Since April 2012 the zoo has been run by the registered charity Lakeland Trust for Natural Sciences.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beetham and Hale.
Beetham
Village
Photo: Yahra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beetham is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It is situated on the border with Lancashire, 6 miles north of Carnforth.
Hale
Hamlet
Photo: Don Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hale is a hamlet near Beetham in the south of Cumbria, England. It lies on the A6 road, between Carnforth to the south and Milnthorpe to the north. It is in the civil parish of Beetham in the Westmorland and Furness local government district.
Storth
Hamlet
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Storth is a village near Arnside in Cumbria, England, situated near the border with Lancashire. It is in the historic county of Westmorland. The village faces the estuary of the River Kent.
Slack Head
- Category: locality
- Location: Beetham, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.20164° or 54° 12′ 6″ northLongitude
-2.78152° or 2° 46′ 54″ westElevation
243 feet (74 metres)Open location code
9C6V6629+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4923999489OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Slack Head” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Slack Head”
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