Country: | England |
Official Name: | Slack Head |
Static Image Name: | Postbox, Slack Head - geograph.org.uk - 362235.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Slackhead postbox, in 2007 |
Coordinates: | 54.202°N -2.779°W |
Civil Parish: | Beetham |
Shire District: | South Lakeland |
Shire County: | Cumbria |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Westmorland and Lonsdale |
Post Town: | MILNTHORPE |
Postcode District: | LA7 |
Postcode Area: | LA |
Dial Code: | 015395 |
Os Grid Reference: | SD491787 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom South Lakeland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in South Lakeland |
Slack Head, sometimes written Slackhead, is a hamlet near Beetham, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England.[1] It is in Beetham civil parish.[2] It is a purely residential area, with a postbox as its only facility. It is the location of a small shrine to Saint Lioba (or Leoba) built into a wall. The Fairy Steps, a natural staircase in a limestone crag, lie in woodland to the northwest of the hamlet.