Slack Head

Human settlement in England
  • Beetham
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  • South Lakeland
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  • Cumbria
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  • North West
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  • Westmorland and Lonsdale
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UK
England
Cumbria
54°12′07″N 2°46′44″W / 54.202°N 2.779°W / 54.202; -2.779

Slack Head, sometimes written Slackhead,[1] is a hamlet near Beetham, South Lakeland, 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. The Fairy Steps, a natural staircase in a limestone crag, lie in woodland to the northwest of the hamlet.

Shrine to St Lioba

References

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  1. ^ a b "Welcome". Beetham Parish Council. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  2. ^ "No to Cold Callers in Slack Head". Cumbria County Council. Retrieved 2 November 2014.


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