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Slack Head Cumbria Map

Traditional county: Cumbria · Unitary authority: Westmorland and Furness · Region: North West

Explore Slack Head, Cumbria with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Slack Head 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.

Interactive Map of Slack Head, Cumbria

PlaceSlack Head
Traditional CountyCumbria
Unitary AuthorityWestmorland and Furness
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude54.202361
Longitude-2.779346
Place TypeVillage

About Slack Head

Slack Head rests where the land begins its gentle rise, a quiet collection of buildings in Cumbria. It lies 8.2 km north of Carnforth (from Carnforth: bearing 355°T, OS grid SD 492 787), and is situated south-south-west of Beetham village. The air here often carries the clean scent of pasture, a subtle perfume that mingles with the distant bleating of sheep. Sunlight, when it breaks through, has a certain softness, illuminating the weathered stone of the cottages and lending a warmth to the village green. The surrounding fields, a patchwork of greens and browns, speak of generations of cultivation, their contours shaped by the slow, deliberate work of the seasons. In the quiet hours, one might hear the whisper of wind through the sparse trees, a sound that seems to carry the very breath of the landscape.

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About This Slack Head Map Page

Explore Slack Head, 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: 54.202361, -2.779346. 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 builtJune 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.