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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. It is the location of a small shrine to Saint Lioba built into a wall. The Fairy Steps, a natural staircase in a limestone crag, lie in woodland to the northwest of the hamlet.

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Slack Head
Slackhead postbox, in 2007
Slack Head
Location in South Lakeland
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Slack Head
Location within Cumbria
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OS grid referenceSD491787
Civil parish
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Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMILNTHORPE
Postcode districtLA7
Dialling code015395
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Slack Head, sometimes written Slackhead,1 is a hamlet near Beetham, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England.2 It is in Beetham civil parish.1 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.3 The Fairy Steps, a natural staircase in a limestone crag, lie in woodland to the northwest of the hamlet.4

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  1. "Welcome". Beetham Parish Council. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  2. "No to Cold Callers in Slack Head". Cumbria County Council. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  3. "Shrine to St Lioba, Slack Head". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Co-Curate. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  4. "Beetham Fairy Steps | Photos & Visiting Information". Britain Express. Retrieved 20 February 2025.