Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West
Explore Slack, Cumbria 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Slack, Cumbria, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Slack |
| Traditional County | Cumbria |
| Unitary Authority | Westmorland and Furness |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.267637 |
| Longitude | -2.435402 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Slack emerges from the rugged topography of the North West as a quiet collection of stone dwellings carved into the high pastures of the Pennines. It lies 5.4 miles south-east of Sedbergh (from Sedbergh: bearing 136°T, OS grid SD 717 858), and is situated south-east of Dent village. The landscape surrounding Slack remains cradled by the sweeping grandeur of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, where the horizon is defined by the sharp, ancient silhouettes of limestone scars. Immediately to the south, the delicate, moisture-rich grasses of Deepdale Meadows SSSI provide a sanctuary for rare flora that thrive in the damp, cool air of the high valley floor. To the north-west, the waters of Yellow Gill carve their persistent, silver path through the hillside, their rhythmic bubbling a constant companion to the solitude of the terrain. The air here holds a peculiar clarity, a sharp and bracing quality that renders the distant crags of the Dales with an almost unnerving precision. Slack stands as a testament to a life governed by the changing seasons and the slow, inexorable turning of the weather across the open fells. Visitors who traverse the paths near Slack often find their gaze drawn to the rugged contours of the landscape, where the ancient, weathered masonry of the buildings seems to have grown directly from the dark, unforgiving earth.
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Explore Slack, Cumbria, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 54.267637, -2.435402. 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. |